California · Public Utilities Code - PUC

PUC §5416: All penalties accruing under this chapter are cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty does not bar or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or bar any criminal prosecut

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Penalties under this chapter are cumulative; pursuing one penalty does not prevent recovery of other penalties, criminal prosecution, or contempt sanctions.

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All penalties accruing under this chapter are cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty does not bar or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or bar any criminal prosecution against any person or corporation, or any officer, director, agent of employee thereof, or any other corporation or person, or bar the exercise by the commission of its power to punish for contempt.

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