69-5-724 - Unlawful to injure ditches, canals, or other improvements.

69-5-724. Unlawful to injure ditches, canals, or other improvements.

(a)  It is unlawful for any person, or corporation, in any way, to injure, damage, or obstruct the rights-of-way, ditches, canals, or other improvements of any drainage district, levee district, and drainage and levee district in the state.

(b)  Any person or corporation that violates subsection (a) commits a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1915, ch. 84, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 3871a157, 3871a158; Code 1932, §§ 4392, 4393; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 70-1231, 70-1232; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; T.C.A. § 69-6-724.]