From and after the publication or posting of any ordinance pursuant to Section 71641, and until the ordinance has been repealed or the emergency or threatened emergency has ceased, it is a misdemeanor for any person to use or apply water received from the district contrary to or in violation of any restriction or prohibition specified in the ordinance. Upon conviction thereof such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or by fine not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600), or by both.
Cal. Water Code § 71644
Water Shortages
Known as the Municipal Water District Law
The act spans §§ 71000 to 73001 (528 sections).
Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 417
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