455B.182 - FAILURE CONSTITUTES CONTEMPT.
455B.182 FAILURE CONSTITUTES CONTEMPT. Failure to obey any order issued by the department with reference to a violation of this part of this division; chapter 459, subchapter III; chapter 459A; chapter 459B; or any rule promulgated or permit issued pursuant thereto shall constitute prima facie evidence of contempt. In such event the department may certify to the district court of the county in which such alleged disobedience occurred the fact of such failure. The district court after notice, as prescribed by the court, to the parties in interest shall then proceed to hear the matter and if it finds that the order was lawful and reasonable, it shall order the party to comply with the order. If the person fails to comply with the court order, that person shall be guilty of contempt and shall be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day that the person fails to comply with the court order. The penalties provided in this section shall be considered as additional to any penalty which may be imposed under the law relative to nuisances or any other statute relating to the pollution of any waters of the state or related to public water supply systems and a conviction under this section shall not be a bar to prosecution under any other penal statute.
Section History: Early Form [C66, 71, § 455B.24; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 455B.44]
Section History: Recent Form C83, § 455B.182 2005 Acts, ch 136, §32; 2009 Acts, ch 155, §30, 34 Referred to in § 455B.191