42-237g. PENALTIES. Any person violating any provision of this chapter, or any decision of the director of the department of water resources, or order of a local ground water board, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and any continuing violation shall constitute a separate offense for each day during which such violation occurs, but nothing in this section or in the pendency or completion of any criminal action for enforcement hereof shall be construed to prevent the institution of any administrative enforcement action or civil action for injunctive or other relief for the enforcement of this chapter or the protection of rights to the lawful use of water.
History:
[42-237g, 1951, ch. 200, sec. 15, as added by 1953, ch. 182, sec. 8, p. 277; am. 1963, ch. 216, sec. 3, p. 623; am. 1987, ch. 347, sec. 6, p. 747; am. 1994, ch. 450, sec. 4, p. 1438.]