65-4-120 - Penalty for noncompliance with authority.
65-4-120. Penalty for noncompliance with authority.
Any public utility which violates or fails to comply with any lawful order, judgment, finding, rule, or requirement of the authority, shall in the discretion of the authority be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day of any such violation or failure, which may be declared due and payable by the authority, upon complaint, and after hearing, and when paid, either voluntarily, or after suit, which may be brought by the authority, shall be placed to the credit of the public utility account.
[Acts 1921, ch. 107, § 10; Shan. Supp., § 3059a114; Code 1932, § 5470; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-436; Acts 1993, ch. 23, § 1; T.C.A., § 65-4-119; Acts 1995, ch. 305, § 20.]