Colorado § 43-5-303 - Overflowing highways - penalty.
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§ 43-5-303. Overflowing highways - penalty.
A person or corporation shall not repeatedly, willfully, or negligently cause or allow water to flow, fall, or sprinkle from any ditch, lateral, canal, waste ditch, reservoir, pond, drain, flume, or agricultural crop sprinkler system upon any public road or highway so as to damage the same or to cause a hazard to vehicular traffic. Any person or corporation so offending commits a civil infraction. Each day that water is so allowed to flow upon any public road or highway shall be deemed a separate offense. Agricultural crop sprinkler systems upon which generally accepted devices are installed or preventive practices are carried out and when due diligence has been exercised to prevent the end gun from discharging water upon the highway shall not be deemed to be in violation of this section, nor shall acts of God, including but not limited to wind, be deemed a violation of this section.
Source: L. 15: p. 405, § 1. C.L. § 1283. CSA: C. 143, § 37. CRS 53: §120-4-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-4-3. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1776, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3326, § 781, effective March 1, 2022.
Cross references: For civil liability for damages, see § 43-5-302; for the penalty for a civil infraction, see § 18-1.3-503.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-5-303 ("Overflowing highways - penalty.") 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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