N.Y. Public Service Law § 227-a: Forfeiture

§ 227-a. Forfeiture. 1. Every cable television company, and all

officers, agents and employees of any cable television company shall

obey, observe and comply with every order, direction or requirement made

by the commission, under authority of this article, so long as the same

shall be and remain in force. Except as provided in subdivision two of

this section, any cable television company which shall violate any

provision of this article or section three hundred ninety-bb of the

general business law, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe

or comply with any order or any direction or requirement of the

commission, shall forfeit to the people of the state of New York a sum

to be set by the commission not to exceed one thousand dollars for each

and every offense; every violation of any such order or direction or

requirement, or of this article or section three hundred ninety-bb of

the general business law, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and,

in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall

be a separate and distinct offense.

2. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, any cable

television company which (a) shall fail to make and file its annual

report as and when required or within such extended time as the

commission may allow, or (b) shall fail to make specific answers to any

question within the period specified by the commission for the making

and filing of such answers, or (c) shall fail to submit such special

reports as the commission may from time to time require, within the

period specified by the commission for the submission thereof, shall

forfeit to the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every

day such company shall continue to be in default with respect to such

annual report, answer or special report.

3. An action to recover a forfeiture under subdivision one or two of

this section may be brought at any time within one year after the cause

of action accrues, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state,

in the name of the people of the state of New York, and shall be

commenced and prosecuted to final judgment by the commission. In any

such action all forfeitures incurred up to the time of commencing the

same may be sued for and recovered therein, and the commencement of an

action to recover a forfeiture shall not be, or be held to be, a waiver

of the right to recover any other penalty or forfeiture. All monies

recovered in any such action, together with the costs thereof, shall be

paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund.