2015 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Or Welfare
Chapter 72 - Water and Watercourses
§ 5-72-107 - Keeping dams sufficiently open.

AR Code § 5-72-107 (2015) What's This?

(a) Any person owning, operating, or controlling any dam or other obstruction across any river, creek, or other stream in this state shall at all times keep the dam or other obstruction open so as to permit a flow of water sufficient to maintain fish life in the stream below the dam or other obstruction.

(b) Any person violating a provision of this section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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