(1) Any person who wrongfully or purposely fills up, cuts, damages, injures, or destroys, or in any manner impairs, the usefulness of any reservoir, canal, ditch, lateral, drain, dam, intercepting sewer, outfall sewer, force main, other sewer, sewage treatment works, sewage treatment plant, sewer system, sewage disposal system, or any part thereof, or other work, structure, improvement, equipment, or other property acquired under the provisions of this part 5, or wrongfully and maliciously interferes with any officer, agent, or employee of the district in the proper discharge of his duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) The district damaged by any such act may also bring a civil action for damages sustained by any such act, and in such proceeding the prevailing party shall also be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of court.