349.145 Authorization for Department of Natural Resources and Attorney General
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to bring suit in Circuit Court to restrain violations under this chapter.
(1)Whenever it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate any
provision of this chapter, or any rule, administrative regulation, or order
promulgated or issued under this chapter, the department may bring suit against the
person in the Circuit Court of the county where the violation occurred or is
threatened, the Circuit Court in the county in which the defendant resides or in
which any defendant resides if there is more than one
(1)defendant, or the Franklin
Circuit Court to restrain the person from continuing the violation or from carrying
out the threatened violation. In the suit, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant
without bond or other undertaking the prohibitory or mandatory injunction as the
facts may warrant, including a temporary restraining order or injunction.
(2)Whenever it appears that any person is violating any provision of this chapter, or
any rule, administrative regulation or order promulgated or issued hereunder, the
Attorney General or any person who is adversely affected by the violation may
bring suit to restrain the violation in any court in which the department might have
brought suit. The department shall be made a party defendant in the suit in addition
to the person allegedly violating a provision or any rule, administrative regulation,
or order promulgated or issued under this chapter.