§ 37-12-201 — Failure to obey orders of commission, provisions of statutes

Every public utility and all officers, agents and employees of
any public utility, and every person shall obey, observe and
comply with every lawful order made by the commission under
authority of this act so long as the same shall be and remain in
force. Any public utility, or any officer, agent or employee
thereof, or any person who shall violate any provision of this
act, or shall fail, omit or neglect to obey, observe or comply
with any lawful order or any direction or any requirement of the
commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars
($100.00), or more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for
each and every offense; every violation of any such order or
requirement of this act shall be a separate and distinct offense
and in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance
thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct
offense.