TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 17

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES — WATER RESOURCE BOARD

42-1734E.  Remedies. (1) The attorney general, at the request of the board, shall commence a civil action to enjoin any person violating any provision of this chapter and to recover actual damages in that amount required to restore a protected river and its riparian area to a condition reasonably comparable to that existing prior to the violation.

(2)  It shall be the duty of the attorney general to institute and prosecute all enforcement actions provided for in this chapter.

History:

[42-1734E, added 1988, ch. 370, sec. 5, p. 1100.]