2019 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 237 - 238 — Telecommunications
Chapter 237 — Telecommunications
Section 237.461 — Enforcement.
Subdivision 1. Actions. This chapter and rules and orders of the commission adopted under this chapter may be enforced by any one or combination of: criminal prosecution, action to recover civil penalties, injunction, action to compel performance, and other appropriate action.
Subd. 2. Civil penalty. A person who knowingly and intentionally violates a provision of this chapter or rule or order of the commission adopted under this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state a penalty, in an amount to be determined by the court, of at least $100 and not more than $5,000 for each day of each violation.
Subd. 3. MS 2004 [Expired, 1999 c 224 s 7; 2004 c 261 art 6 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 117]
Subd. 4. Civil penalty proceeds deposited in treasury. The civil penalties provided for in this section may be recovered by a civil action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state. Amounts recovered under this section must be paid into the state treasury.
History: 1990 c 598 s 2; 1995 c 156 s 6,25; 1999 c 224 s 3-5; 2003 c 97 s 2
