Penalty

(a)Any public utility violating or neglecting or failing in any particular way to conform to or comply with this Chapter or any lawful order of the Commission shall forfeit to the Public Utilities Commission not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for every violation, neglect or failure per day.

(b)Any private contractor producing and distributing water or disposing of wastewater, as is regulated under § 12116.3 of this Chapter, which does not have a written joint operating agreement with GWA, or otherwise violates, neglects or fails in any particular way to conform to or comply with the provisions of this Chapter, or any lawful order of the PUC, shall forfeit to the PUC Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for every violation, neglect or failure per day until such time as its permit and license, if any, are cancelled, or it otherwise ceases operations. All fines collected are to be deposited to the GWA.