Sec. 7.5. (a) If after notice and hearing the commission finds that a telecommunications provider has violated:
(1) section 5 of this chapter; or
(2) rules adopted under section 6 of this chapter;
the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each offense.
(b) The secretary of the commission shall deposit civil penalties collected under subsection (a) in the state general fund.