California · Public Utilities Code - PUC

PUC §2114: Any public utility on whose behalf any agent or officer thereof who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare, depose or certify truly before the commission, willfully and contrary to such o

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A public utility agent or officer who takes an oath before a commission and willfully makes false statements about material facts, knowing they are false, commits a felony punishable by a fine up to $500,000.

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Any public utility on whose behalf any agent or officer thereof who, having taken an oath that he will testify, declare, depose or certify truly before the commission, willfully and contrary to such oath states or submits as true any material matter which he knows to be false, or who testifies, declares, deposes, or certifies under penalty of perjury and willfully states as true any material matter which he knows to be false, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

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