Section 5413.5 Of Article 6. Fines And Penalties From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 6.
5413.5
. (a) Whenever the commission, after hearing, finds that any
person or corporation is operating as a charter-party carrier of
passengers, including a charter-party carrier operating a limousine,
without a valid certificate or permit, or fails to include in any
written or oral advertisement the number of the certificate or permit
required by Section 5386, the commission may impose a fine of not
more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for each
violation. The commission may assess the person or corporation an
amount sufficient to cover the reasonable expense of investigation
incurred by the commission. The commission may assess interest on any
fine or assessment imposed, to commence on the day the payment of
the fine or assessment becomes delinquent. All fines, assessments,
and interest collected shall be deposited at least once each month in
the General Fund.
(b) Whenever the commission, after hearing, finds that any person
or corporation is operating a charter-party carrier of passengers as
a taxicab without a valid certificate or permit in violation of an
ordinance or resolution of a city, county, or city and county, the
commission may impose a fine of not more than five thousand dollars
($5,000) for each violation. The commission may assess the person or
corporation an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable expense of
investigation incurred by the commission. The commission may assess
interest on any fine or assessment imposed, to commence on the day
the payment of the fine or assessment becomes delinquent. All fines,
assessments, and interest collected shall be deposited at least once
each month in the General Fund.