2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 476A - ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION
Section 476A.14 - Penalties.
476A.14 Penalties.
1. Any person who commences to construct a facility as provided in this subchapter without having first obtained a certificate, or who constructs, operates, or maintains any facility other than in compliance with a certificate issued by the board or a certificate amended pursuant to this subchapter, or who causes any of these acts to occur, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation or for each day of continuing violation. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this subsection shall be forwarded by the clerk of court to the treasurer of state for deposit in the department of commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12.
2. The district court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to grant restraining orders and temporary or permanent injunctive relief as may be necessary to obtain compliance with this subchapter.
3. Persons convicted of violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
[C77, 79, 81, §476A.14]
2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 36; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §52
Referred to in §602.8102(67)
