Oklahoma § 52-47.6 - Violations - Penalties

§ 52-47.6. Violations - Penalties

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

violated any provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation

System Safety Act or any rule, regulation or order issued pursuant

to the provisions of the Hazardous Liquid Transportation System

Safety Act shall be liable for an administrative penalty of not more

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

the violation continues. The maximum administrative penalty shall

not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) for any related

series of violations.

B. 1. 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

Hazardous Liquid Transportation System Safety Act.

2. All penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this

subsection shall be deposited in the Pipeline Enforcement Fund.

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

or attempts to injure or destroy, any hazardous liquid

transportation system, upon conviction thereof, shall be guilty of a

Class B3 felony offense and shall be subject for each offense to a

fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00),

imprisonment for a term not less than five (5) years and not to

exceed fifteen (15) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 80, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1984. Amended by Laws

1992, c. 271, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1992; Laws 1997, c. 133, §

489, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 354, eff.

July 1, 1999; Laws 2002, c. 61, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2016,

c. 185, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016; Laws 2021, c. 92, § 1, eff. Nov. 1,

2021; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 94, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 489 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.