Volume 53
Public Law 76–40
To provide alternative methods of enforcement of orders, rules, and regulations of the Joint Board and of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia.
Approved April 5, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide alternative methods of enforcement of orders, rules, and regulations of the Joint Board and of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That prosecution
District of Columbia.
Joint Board and Public Utilities Commission.
Alternative methods of enforcement of orders, rules, and regulations of.
for violation of any rule, order, or regulation made, adopted, or approved by the Public Utilities Commission under authority of section 8 of the Act approved March 4, 1913 (37 U. S. Stat. L. 974), or amendments thereto, or section 6 (e) of the Traffic Acts, as amended February 27, 1931 (46 U. S. Stat. L. 1424), or section 7 of the Act approved July 1, 1902 (32 U. S. Stat. L. 590), as amended by the Act approved July 1, 1932 (47 U. S. Stat. L. 550), or by the Joint Board under authority of section 6 (e) of the said Traffic Acts, as amended February 27, 1931, or section 7 of said Act approved July 1, 1902, as amended by said Act approved July 1, 1932, shall be on information in the Police Court of the District of Columbia, in the name of the District of Columbia, by the corporation counsel or any of his assistants. Any person, corporation, or public utility
Penalty for violation.
violating any such rule, order, or regulation shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $200: Provided, That the provisions of this
Provisos.
Exception.
Act shall not be construed to apply to rules, orders, or regulations adopted or promulgated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia which are not specifically required to be referred to the Joint Board or subject to the approval of such board: Provided further, That with respect to orders, rules, or regulations made or
Limitations as to orders, etc., of Public Utilities Commission.
adopted by the Public Utilities Commission under authority of section 8 of the said Act approved March 4, 1913, this section shall be construed to apply only to such orders, rules, or regulations as are subject to the penalties specifically provided in paragraph 85 of
26 D. C. Code §110.
that Act.
Sec. 2.
The provisions of section 1 of this Act and of paragraph
Construction of provisions.
26 D. C. Code §110.
85 of section 8 of the said Act approved March 4, 1913, so far as they relate to the orders, rules, and regulations of the Public Utilities Commission, shall be construed as prescribing alternative methods of enforcement of the orders, rules, or regulations of the Commission, and any order, rule, or regulation adopted by the Public Utilities Commission which is required to be referred to or is subject to the approval of the Joint Board may be enforced either as provided by paragraph 85 of section 8 of the Act approved March 4, 1913, or as provided in section 1 of this Act.
Approved, April 5, 1939.