§ 72-9-702. Existing rights of action unaffected -- Penalties cumulative.

(1) This chapter may not be construed to have the effect of releasing or waiving any right of action by the state, the department or any person for any right, penalty, or forfeiture which may have arisen or occurred under any law of this state before May 10, 1983, or which arises or occurs after May 10, 1983.

(2) All penalties accruing under this chapter are cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty is not a bar to and shall not affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture, and is not a bar to any criminal prosecution against any motor carrier, or any officer, director, agent, or employee of a motor carrier, or any other corporation or person, or a bar to the exercise by the department, through the court, of its power to punish for contempt.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session