Section 227-A. Forfeiture

1.  Every  cable  television  company,  and  all
  officers, agents and employees of any  cable  television  company  shall
  obey, observe and comply with every order, direction or requirement made
  by  the commission, under authority of this article, so long as the same
  shall be and remain in force. Except as provided in subdivision  two  of
  this  section,  any  cable  television  company  which shall violate any
  provision of this article, or which fails, omits or  neglects  to  obey,
  observe  or comply with any order or any direction or requirement of the
  commission, shall forfeit to the people of the state of New York  a  sum
  to  be set by the commission not to exceed one thousand dollars for each
  and every offense; every violation of any such  order  or  direction  or
  requirement,  or  of  this  article,  shall  be  a separate and distinct
  offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance
  thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense.
    2.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  any   cable
  television  company  which  (a)  shall  fail to make and file its annual
  report as and  when  required  or  within  such  extended  time  as  the
  commission  may allow, or (b) shall fail to make specific answers to any
  question within the period specified by the commission  for  the  making
  and  filing  of  such  answers, or (c) shall fail to submit such special
  reports as the commission may from time  to  time  require,  within  the
  period  specified  by  the  commission for the submission thereof, shall
  forfeit to the state the sum of one hundred dollars for each  and  every
  day  such  company  shall continue to be in default with respect to such
  annual report, answer or special report.
    3. An action to recover a forfeiture under subdivision one or  two  of
  this  section may be brought at any time within one year after the cause
  of action accrues, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state,
  in the name of the people of  the  state  of  New  York,  and  shall  be
  commenced  and  prosecuted  to  final judgment by the commission. In any
  such action all forfeitures incurred up to the time  of  commencing  the
  same  may  be sued for and recovered therein, and the commencement of an
  action to recover a forfeiture shall not be, or be held to be, a  waiver
  of  the  right  to  recover  any other penalty or forfeiture. All monies
  recovered in any such action, together with the costs thereof, shall  be
  paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund.