2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 478 - ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Section 478.29 - Civil penalties.
478.29 Civil penalties.
1. A person who violates a provision of this chapter is subject to a civil penalty, which may be levied by the board, of not more than one hundred dollars per violation or one thousand dollars per day of a continuing violation, whichever is greater. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded by the chief operating officer of the board to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general fund of the state and appropriated to the division of community action agencies of the department of human rights for purposes of the low income home energy assistance program and the weatherization assistance program.
2. Any civil penalty may be compromised by the board. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the board shall consider the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance after notification of a violation.
[S13, §2120-j; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8337; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.28; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.29; C77, 79, 81, §478.29]
83 Acts, ch 127, §42; 91 Acts, ch 112, §2; 2017 Acts, ch 169, §44, 49; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §24
Subsection 1 amended
