76-9-1205. Unlawful damage to a bridge, dam, canal, or other water-related structure.
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Effective 5/7/2025
76-9-1205. Unlawful damage to a bridge, dam, canal, or other water-related structure.
(1)Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-9-1201 apply to this section.
(2)Except as provided in Subsection
(4), an actor commits unlawful damage to a bridge, dam, canal, or other water-related structure if the actor intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(a)cuts, breaks, damages, or destroys a bridge, dam, canal, flume, aqueduct, levee, embankment, reservoir, or other structure erected:
(i)to create hydraulic power;
(ii)to drain or reclaim a swamp, overflowed land, or marsh land; or
(iii)to conduct water for mining, manufacturing, reclamation, or agricultural purposes, or for the supply of the inhabitants of any city or town;
(b)makes or causes to be made an aperture in a dam, canal, flume, aqueduct, reservoir, embankment, levee, or similar structure with intent to injure or destroy the dam, canal, flume, aqueduct, reservoir, embankment, levee, or similar structure; or
(c)draws up, cuts, or injures a pile fixed in the ground and used for securing a lake or river bank or wall or a dock, quay, jetty, or lock.
(3)A violation of Subsection
(2)is a third degree felony.
(4)Subsection
(2)applies to conduct that does not amount to a violation of Subsection 76-6-106(2)(a)(ii) or Section 76-6-106.3 .
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173 , 2025 General Session