2007 Minnesota Statutes

218.071 OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.
    Subdivision 1. Authority; rules, orders, and directives. The commissioner may promulgate
rules, orders, and directives necessary to carry out the respective duties conferred on them by
this chapter. The rules, orders, and directives may not be contrary to United States Code, title 49,
sections 10101 to 11917. Every duly adopted rule, order, or directive of the commissioner shall
have the full force and effect of law.
    Subd. 2. Violations generally; penalty. Unless a different penalty or punishment is
specifically prescribed, any person, firm, or corporation who performs any unlawful act, or fails to
perform any duty imposed by this chapter, or to obey any valid and final order, rule, or directive
of the commissioner, or who assists and aids therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if the
violation be a continuing one, shall be guilty of a new offense for each day of such continuance,
and for each offense shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).
    Subd. 3. Discriminatory practices; penalty. Any common carrier, willfully granting any
special rate, rebate, drawback, or directly or indirectly charging, demanding or collecting a greater
or less compensation than provided by its regular established schedule of rates and charges, shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 for each such offense.
    Subd. 4. Failure to comply; penalty. Any common carrier failing to comply with any order
of the commissioner shall be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars ($50) for each and every day of
such failure to comply, to be recovered for the state in a civil action by the commissioner.
History: Ex1957 c 10 s 7; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 19; 1980 c 534 s 26; 1982 c 561 s 9;
1983 c 77 s 3; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 403 s 29