California · Public Utilities Code - PUC

PUC §2113: Every public utility, corporation, or person which fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission or any commissioner is in

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A public utility, corporation, or person that fails to comply with a commission order or requirement commits contempt and is punishable the same way courts of record punish contempt.

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Every public utility, corporation, or person which fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, regulation, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission or any commissioner is in contempt of the commission, and is punishable by the commission for contempt in the same manner and to the same extent as contempt is punished by courts of record. The remedy prescribed in this section does not bar or affect any other remedy prescribed in this part, but is cumulative and in addition thereto.

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