Transportation Code
Protection of Highways Act
Section 303
Escaping water and other obstructions -- Injuring or obstructing highway -- Penalty for violations.
     72-7-303.   Escaping water and other obstructions -- Injuring or obstructing highway -- Penalty for violations.
     (1) A person may not willfully or carelessly:
     (a) obstruct or damage any public highway by causing or permitting flow or seepage of water;
     (b) permit water under the person's control to escape in any manner that results in damage to a public highway;
     (c) place or leave, or cause to be placed or left, anything upon a public highway in a way that obstructs travel or that endangers property or persons passing on the highway.
     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session
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