(a) (1) It is unlawful to remove any tree growing below the ordinary high watermark, as defined in § 15-22-202, on any river or stream in this state that has been designated as a navigable river or stream by a legislative act. (2) However, an authorized representative of the United States Government or of this […]
(a) Any person who cuts, destroys, or removes any timber standing on any of the swamp and overflowed lands granted by the United States Congress to this state is subject to indictment and upon conviction is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Additionally, restitution is set at the full value of the timber cut, […]
(a) It is unlawful for any person, partnership, company, or corporation cutting any timber or tree in this state to leave any tree top, tree trunk, or tree limb in any navigable stream, drainage ditch, or stream bed of any improved drainage project. (b) (1) Any person, partnership, company, or corporation violating a provision of […]
(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person or corporation to cause any timber, tree, or material to be felled or thrown into any ditch, drain, stream, or canal, whether natural or artificial, that tends to obstruct the free flow of water in the ditch, drain, stream, or canal. (2) However, this subsection does not […]
(a) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any natural drain in this state. (b) Any person that obstructs in violation of subsection (a) of this section any natural drain is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) […]
(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. […]
Any person who willfully and maliciously cuts down, breaks, injures, or destroys any bridge, mill-dam or other dam, or levee erected or constructed to create hydraulic power or to prevent the overflow of lands or any embankment necessary to support the dam or levee or makes or causes to be made any aperture in the […]
(a) Should any person cut, break, or in any way damage any public levee constructed or to be constructed, by authority of this state, or paid for or to be paid for, out of any funds of this state, or out of the funds of any county or public corporation, in whole or in part, […]
(a) If any public levee or any private levee is constructed and maintained for the purpose of protection against overflow, any person who drives any vehicle or rides on the levee without the consent of the owner, using the levee as a road bed, or who cuts, tears down, destroys, or injures a barricade, fence, […]
