2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 84. Responsibility of User or Owner
Section 37-84-121. Penalty for refusal to deliver water.
Any superintendent or any person having charge of said ditch who willfully neglects or refuses to deliver water, as provided in sections 37-84-118 to 37-84-123, or any person who prevents or interferes with the proper delivery of water to the persons having the right thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The money thus collected shall be paid into the general fund of the county in which the misdemeanor has been committed. The owners of such ditches shall be liable in damages to the persons deprived of the use of the water to which they were entitled as provided in sections 37-84-118 to 37-84-123.
Source: L. 1887: p. 305, § 4. R.S. 08: § 3257. C.L. § 1736. CSA: C. 90, § 134. CRS 53: § 147-7-22. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-7-21.
