Sec. 19. Notwithstanding section 16 or 17 of this chapter, if upon the unanimous vote of its entire membership, the commission or a county election board finds that imposition of a civil penalty required to be imposed would be unjust under the circumstances, the commission or board may do either of the following: (1) Waive the penalty. (2) Reduce the penalty to an amount specified by the commission or the board. As added by P.L.3-1997, SEC.199.