Section 37-8-1 - Violation of commission orders generally(a) Any utility doing business in this state or any of its authorized agents, officers or employees who knowingly or willfully violate or procure, aid or abet a violation of any lawful order or decree of said commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each offense. In the case of a violation of said commission's orders or decrees, each day's violation shall be deemed to be a separate offense.(b) Every officer, agent or employee of any common carrier or corporation who shall violate or who procures, aids or abets any violation of, or who shall fail to obey, observe or comply with any order of the public service commission or any provisions of any order of the commission, or who procures, aids or abets any such common carrier or corporation in its failure to obey, observe and comply with any such order or provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined a sum not exceeding $500.00 for each offense, to be fixed by the court or judge trying the case.Ala. Code § 37-8-1 (1975)
Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 17, p. 29; Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §§5392, 5399; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 201, p. 209; Code 1940, T. 48, §§399, 405.