As to the amount, again, if the act is set out to deter fraud and to encourage compliance, then I'm sorry, but I don't think a $2,000 fine does it.
Although this is totally unscientific, at the other meeting I was at today, I went around the table with the people there, who happened to be a bunch of builders, and they all agreed that if it was $2,000, they didn't think so, that it didn't sound reasonable.