62-620. CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any telephone corporation who violates or fails to comply with any final order, decision, rule or regulation duly issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each day that the violation continues.
Actions to recover penalties under this act shall be brought in the name of the state of Idaho, in the district court in and for the county in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose, or in which the corporation complained of, if any, has its principal place of business, or in which the person, if any, complained of, resides. Such action shall be commenced and prosecuted to final judgment by the attorney for the commission. In any such action, all penalties incurred up to the time of commencing the same may be sued for and recovered. In all such action, the procedure and rules of evidence shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions, except as otherwise herein provided. All fines and penalties recovered by the state in any such action, together with the costs thereof, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general account. Any such action may be compromised or discontinued on application of the commission upon such terms as the court shall approve and order.
History:
[62-620, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 367.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988
Section 62-602 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 62-604 - APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Section 62-605 - PROCEDURE FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION — COMMISSION CONTINUING AUTHORITY.
Section 62-606 - REQUIREMENT FOR PRICE LIST OR TARIFF FILING — WITHDRAWAL OF TARIFFS OR PRICE LISTS.
Section 62-607 - AVERAGING OF MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE RATES.
Section 62-607A - PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY A TELEPHONE CORPORATION.
Section 62-608A - INTERLATA SERVICE RESTRICTIONS.
Section 62-609 - IMPUTED AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS CHARGES — COMMISSION AUTHORITY.
Section 62-610 - UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND.
Section 62-610B - DEFINITIONS.
Section 62-610C - UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
Section 62-610D - ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.
Section 62-610E - DESIGNATING SERVICE AND SUPPORT AREAS.
Section 62-610F - HIGH-COST SUPPORT — ADMINISTRATION — TRANSITION.
Section 62-611 - REGULATORY FEES.
Section 62-612 - RESTRICTION ON WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.
Section 62-613 - SUBSIDIZATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES NOT ALLOWED.
Section 62-614 - RESOLUTION OF INTER-TELEPHONE CORPORATION DISPUTES.
Section 62-616 - COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS.
Section 62-617 - TELEPHONE CORPORATION ANTITRUST LIABILITY.
Section 62-619 - PROCEDURE BEFORE COMMISSION — APPEALS.
Section 62-620 - CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Section 62-621 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 62-622 - REGULATION OF BASIC LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES, SERVICES AND PRICE LISTS.
Section 62-622A - COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM PRICING OF BASIC LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE.
Section 62-623 - SUBSIDY REFORM — UNIVERSAL SERVICE — REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.