{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-5384.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 5384.5","heading":"","body":"If the driver of any charter-party carrier of passengers for hire operating under a valid certificate or permit, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a charter-party carrier of passengers operating vehicles used in the transportation of passengers for hire under such a certificate or permit, is convicted of a violation of Section 23225 of the Vehicle Code, the commission, after a hearing, shall do the following:\n(a) For a first offense, the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon the carrier, as determined appropriate by the commission.\n(b) For a second offense, the commission may impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) upon the carrier or suspend the carrier’s certificate or permit for not more than 30 days, or both, as determined appropriate by the commission.\n(c) For a third offense, the commission shall revoke the carrier’s certificate or permit.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 2. REGULATION OF RELATED BUSINESSES BY THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION [3901. - 5513.]","CHAPTER 8. Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers [5351. - 5450.]","ARTICLE 3. Regulation of Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers [5381. - 5389.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"67475127284dfb148833f41a11a384b82a4295f7254f2c85ceb59a685e8b3dd9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-5384.3","next":"us-ca/puc-5385"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}