61-701. ENFORCEMENT OF LAW. It is hereby made the duty of the commission to see that the provisions of the constitution and statutes of this state affecting public utilities, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are enforced and obeyed, and that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted and […]
61-702. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LAW — LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE. In case any public utility shall do, cause to be done or permit to be done, any act, matter or thing prohibited, forbidden or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or thing required to be done, either by the constitution, any […]
61-703. REMEDIES HEREUNDER NOT EXCLUSIVE. This act shall not have the effect to release or waive any right of action by the state, the commission or any corporation or any person for any right, penalty or forfeiture which may have arisen or accrued or may hereafter arise or accrue under any law of this state. […]
61-704. PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. All penalties accruing under this act shall be cumulative of each other, and a suit for the recovery of one (1) penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any public utility, or any […]
61-705. SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS BY COMMISSION. Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion that any public utility is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit, to do anything required of it by law, or by any order, decision, rule, direction or requirement of the commission under the provisions of this act, or is […]
61-706. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any public utility which violates or fails to comply with any provisions of the constitution of this state or of this act, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand or requirement or any part or provision thereof, of the […]
61-707. CONTINUING VIOLATION. Every violation of the provisions of this act or of any order, decision, decree, rule, direction, demand or requirement of the commission, under the provisions of this act, or any part or portion thereof, by any public utility, corporation or person is a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a […]
61-708. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATION BY EMPLOYEES. In construing and enforcing the provisions of this act relating to penalties, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or employee of any public utility, acting within the scope of his official duties or employment, shall in every case be and be deemed to be the act, […]
61-709. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any public utility of any provision of the constitution of this state or of this act, or who fails to obey, observe […]
61-710. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY CORPORATION OTHER THAN A PUBLIC UTILITY. Every corporation, other than a public utility, which violates any of the provisions of this act, or which fails to obey, observe or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, demand or requirement or any part or provision thereof, of the commission under the […]
61-711. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION BY EMPLOYEE OF CORPORATION OTHER THAN A PUBLIC UTILITY. Every person who, either individually, or acting as an officer, agent or employee of a corporation other than a public utility, violates any provision of this act, or fails to observe, obey or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, demand or […]
61-712. ACTION TO RECOVER PENALTIES — DISPOSITION OF FINES. 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 […]
61-712A. CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person who violates or fails to comply with, or who procures, aids or abets any violation of title 61, Idaho Code, governing safety of pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas, or of any order, decision, rule or regulation duly issued by the Idaho public utilities commission governing the […]
61-712B. COMPROMISE OF CIVIL PENALTY. Any civil penalty may be compromised by the Idaho public utilities commission. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith […]
61-713. SEPARABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, […]
61-714. FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE. Neither this act, nor any provision thereof, except when specifically so stated, shall apply or be construed to apply to commerce with foreign nations or commerce among the several states of the union, except in so far as the same may be permitted under the provisions of the Constitution of […]
