Oklahoma § 17-6.1 - Penalties - Willfully and knowingly injuring or destroying

§ 17-6.1. Penalties - Willfully and knowingly injuring or destroying

pipeline transportation system.

A. Any person who has been determined by the Commission to have

violated any provision of any rule, regulation or order issued

pursuant to the provisions of the Commission related to pipeline

safety shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than Two

Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) for each day that the

violation continues. The maximum civil penalty shall not exceed Two

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Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for any related series of

violations.

B. The amount of the penalty shall be assessed by the

Commission pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this

section, after notice and hearing. In determining the amount of the

penalty, the Commission shall include but not be limited to

consideration of the nature, circumstances and gravity of the

violation and, with respect to the person found to have committed

the violation, the degree of culpability, the effect on ability of

the person to continue to do business, and any show of good faith in

attempting to achieve compliance with the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

All penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall be deposited into the Pipeline Enforcement Fund.

C. Any person who willfully and knowingly injures or destroys,

or attempts to injure or destroy, any pipeline transportation

system, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony

offense and shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more

than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or imprisonment for

a term not to exceed fifteen (15) years, or both such fine and

imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 271, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 136, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.

Sess., c. 5, § 62, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2016, c. 185, § 1, eff.

July 1, 2016; Laws 2021, c. 91, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2025,

c. 486, § 202, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 136 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.