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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 56 - Drainage Districts
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 56.128. Injuring Drainage Canal or Ditch
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Sec. 56.128. INJURING DRAINAGE CANAL OR DITCH. Any person who wilfully fills up, cuts, injures, destroys, or impairs the usefulness of any canal, drain, ditch, watercourse, or other work constructed, repaired, or improved by a district to drain and protect from overflow of water, upon conviction is punishable by confinement in the county jail for not more than two months or by a fine of not more than $1,000.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 510, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 298, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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