§ 69-3-208 — Effect Of Failure By Utility To Cooperate With Commission

Montana § 69-3-208

• Jurisdiction: Montana
• Title 69: PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
• Ch. 3: REGULATION OF UTILITIES
• Part 2: Requirements for Public Utilities

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69-3-208 . Effect of failure by utility to cooperate with commission. An officer, agent, or employee of any public utility is subject to the penalty prescribed in 69-3-206 whenever the officer, agent, or employee:
(1) willfully fails or refuses to fill out and return any blanks as required by this chapter;
(2) willfully fails or refuses to answer any questions contained in blanks as provided in this chapter;
(3) knowingly or willfully gives a false answer to any questions or evades the answer to the questions, where the fact inquired of is within the officer's, agent's, or employee's knowledge; or
(4) upon proper demand, willfully fails or refuses to exhibit to any commission or any commissioners or any person also authorized to examine the same, any book, paper, or account of the public utility that is in the officer's, agent's, or employee's possession or under the officer's, agent's, or employee's control.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 23, Ch. 52, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 3903, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3903, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 70-125; amd. Sec. 1989, Ch. 56, L. 2009.