is, except as provided in subsection (b), liable to the state for a civil penalty of at least five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500) and not more than eleven thousand dollars ($11,000), as adjusted by the federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Public Law 101-410 ), and for up to three (3) times the amount of damages sustained by the state. In addition, a person who violates this section is liable to the state for the costs of a civil action brought to recover a penalty or damages.
the person is liable for a penalty of not less than two (2) times the amount of damages that the state sustained because of the violation. A person who violates this section is also liable to the state for the costs of a civil action brought to recover a penalty or damages.
IC 5-11-5.7-2