Sec. 16-278. Compliance with orders.
Sec. 16-278. Compliance with orders. Any corporation subject to this chapter
shall comply immediately with any order of the Department of Public Utility Control
made in accordance with section 16-271, 16-274 or 16-275 and any company failing to
comply with any such order shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars for each
offense and shall reimburse any person whose property is damaged as a result of such
failure for the amount of such property damage and shall be liable in double damages
for any injury resulting to any person from such failure.
(1951, S. 2632d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 126, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of
business regulation.