Every person who, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation other than a public utility, violates any provision of this part, or 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 such violation or noncompliance, in a case in which a penalty has not otherwise been provided for such person, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2112
Violations
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Public Utilities Commission of State of California v. United States (1958)
Most recently applied in 197 F. Supp. 793 - United States v. Georgia Public Service Commission (October 1961)
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.