§ 14-235-301 - Penalties.
14-235-301. Penalties.
(a) (1) It is declared a misdemeanor for any person to:
(A) Injure, damage, or destroy any public sewer; or
(B) Fail or refuse to connect with or tap the sewers of a municipality within the time prescribed by an ordinance of the municipality.
(2) (A) Any person so offending shall be punished on conviction by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court, in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and for a period not longer than six (6) months.
(B) (i) An offender shall also be liable for all damages which shall be found by the jury.
(ii) The sum so found, judgment shall be rendered in favor of the municipality, and execution shall issue on it as on other judgments at law.
(b) (1) A city council shall have power by ordinance to compel all sewers built by private parties to be kept clean and in repair, by fine and punishment of the party in possession as owner or lessee of the property where the sewer is situated.
(2) The fine shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for any one (1) neglect, nor shall the imprisonment be more than ninety (90) days.