A person who wrongfully or purposely cuts, injures, destroys, or in any manner impairs the usefulness of a levee or other reclamation improvement, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both.
Tex. Water Code § 57.103
INJURING LEVEES
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lewis v. Texas Utilities Electric Co. (1992)
Most recently applied in Lewis v. Texas Utilities Electric Co. (January 1992)
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.