Every public utility and every officer, agent, or employee of any public utility, who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids, or abets any violation by any public utility of any provision of the California Constitution or of this part, or who fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission, or who procures, aids, or abets any public utility in the violation or noncompliance in a case in which a penalty has not otherwise been provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2110
Violations
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case People v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (2012)
Most recently applied in People v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (October 2012)
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 464, Sec. 2
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.