One-half of all penalties and forfeitures collected from railroad, express, telegraph, and telephone companies for failure to comply with orders of the commission must be paid into the state treasury, and the other half into the county treasury of the county in which the suit is brought imposing the penalty or forfeiture collected. The revenues accruing from these collections must be used for general state and county purposes. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-17; 1952 Code Section 58-17; 1942 Code Section 8224; 1932 Code Section 8267; Civ. C. '22 Section 4815; Civ. C. '12 Section 3143; 1911 (27) 158; 1935 (39) 25; 2004 Act No. 175, Section 4, eff February 18, 2004.
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