N.Y. Transportation Law § 131: Forfeiture; penalties

§ 131. Forfeiture; penalties. 1. Every common carrier and all

officers, and agents of any common carrier shall obey, observe and

comply with every order made by the commissioner so long as the same

shall be and remain in force. Any common carrier which shall violate any

provision of law requiring the consent, permission or approval of the

commissioner for the performance of an act, or which fails, omits or

neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any direction or

requirement of the commissioner, shall forfeit to the people of the

state of New York not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for

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

requirement, or of 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. Every officer and agent of any such common carrier who shall

violate, or who procures, aids or abets any violation by any such common

carrier of any provision of law requiring the consent, permission or

approval of the commissioner for the performance of an act, or who shall

fail to obey, observe and comply with any order of the commissioner or

any provision of an order of the commissioner, or who procures, aids or

abets any such common carrier in its failure to obey, observe and comply

with any such order or provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.