Colorado § 37-80-119 - Interference with recording instruments.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 37-80-119 — Interference with recording instruments., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 37-80-119. Interference with recording instruments.
It is unlawful for any person who does not have charge of any weir, headgate, automatic self-registering device, or other measuring recording device or any canal or reservoir intake or outlet, who does not have authority to install, repair, maintain, or operate any such device or to inspect the same from the owners thereof or from the water officials of the state of Colorado, or who represents any other canal diverting water from the same stream to interfere with or seek to examine or regulate any such instrument or device or structure. Any person who willfully injures or destroys any automatic self-registering device, gauge, or other instrument installed upon any canal or weir for the measuring and recording of the water depths upon such weir, who tampers with or falsifies any record made or being made by any such instrument or device, or who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for the second and succeeding offenses.
Source: L. 21: p. 480, § 4. C.L. § 1821. CSA: C. 90, § 222. CRS 53: § 147-11-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-11-20.
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What does Colorado Revised Statutes § 37-80-119 cover?
Section 37-80-119 ("Interference with recording instruments.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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