2016 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 46 - IRRIGATION AND REGULATION OF WATER
46-1141 Tampering with chemigation equipment; penalty; recovery of costs.

46-1141. Tampering with chemigation equipment; penalty; recovery of costs.

Any person who willfully tampers with or otherwise willfully damages in any way equipment meeting the requirements specified in section 46-1127 shall be (1) subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each day at each site where a violation occurs for the first violation and not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for each day at each site where a violation occurs for each subsequent violation or (2) guilty of a Class I misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a separate offense. The court may issue such injunctive orders as may be necessary to prohibit continued violations of the Nebraska Chemigation Act. When the Attorney General, a county attorney, or a private attorney brings an action on behalf of a district to recover a civil penalty under this section, the district shall recover the costs of the action if a civil penalty is awarded.

Source

• Laws 1986, LB 284, § 41;
• Laws 2015, LB207, § 3.