Printable Format66-1,151. Violation of standards; penalty. Any person who violates any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this act, or any rule and regulation adopted by the commission and in effect on July 1, 1969, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each violation for each day that the violation persists. However, the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed $1,000,000 for any related series of violations.
History: L. 1970, ch. 271, § 2; L. 1989, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 77, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 23, § 2; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Application to one-city gas public utilities considered. Kearney v. Kansas Public Service Co., 233 Kan. 492, 506, 665 P.2d 757 (1983).
2. Corporation commission's order upheld in levying penalty against excavator under Kansas underground utility act. Double M Constr. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 288 Kan. 268, 202 P.3d 7 (2009).