# Definitions

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** 4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4009
- **title:** Definitions
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** The following definitions apply to rules 4009, 4010, and 4976, unless a specific statute or rule provides otherwise. In the event of a conflict between these definitions and a statutory definition, the statutory definition shall apply. (a) "Civil penalty" means any monetary penalty levied against a 
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The following definitions apply to rules 4009, 4010, and 4976, unless a specific statute
or rule provides otherwise. In the event of a conflict between these definitions and a
statutory definition, the statutory definition shall apply.
(a) “Civil penalty” means any monetary penalty levied against a public utility because
of intentional violations of statutes in Articles 1 to 7 and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S.,
Commission rules, or Commission orders.
(b) “Civil penalty assessment” means the act by the Commission of imposing a civil
penalty against a public utility after the public utility has admitted liability or has
been adjudicated by the Commission to be liable for intentional violations of
statutes in Articles 1 to 7 and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S., Commission rules, or
Commission orders.
(c) “Civil penalty assessment notice” means the written document by which a public
utility is given notice of an alleged intentional violation of statutes in Articles 1 to 7
and 15 of Title 40, C.R.S., Commission rules, or Commission orders and of a
proposed civil penalty.
(d) “Intentional violation.” A person acts “intentionally” or “with intent” when his
conscious objective is to cause the specific result proscribed by the statute, rule,
or order defining the violation.
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