Guam § 56208 - Damaging or Tapping Into Water or Sewer Line; Penalties.

§ 56208. Damaging or Tapping Into Water or Sewer Line; Penalties.

The Legislature finds that illegal connecting into the water and

sewer system is a hazard to the public’s health. Therefore, it shall be a

felony of the third degree for any person other than an employee of the

Public Utility Agency of Guam acting in his official capacity to

knowingly tamper with any line, valve or meter or knowingly damage or

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cut any line, valve or meter, or tap into any water or sewer line belonging

to the Public Utility Agency of Guam for the purpose of taking water or

dumping sewage without prior written approval of the Public Utility

Agency of Guam. If any employee or agent of any Contractor knowingly

taps into any water or sewer line belonging to the Public Utility Agency

of Guam without prior written approval, his employer and any general

contractor who may have been supervising the employee or the agent or

the employer or the subcontractor shall have their contractor’s licenses

revoked by the Contractor’s Licensing Board for eighteen (18) months if

the Board finds:

(a) That one or more of the persons involved were persons

employed by or were agents of the contractor or employers, and one

or more of those persons knowingly tapped into water or sewer lines

without prior written permission of the Public Utility Agency of

Guam; or

(b) That at least one of the persons who illegally tapped into

the line was acting in his capacity as a principal, officer, agent or

employee of the employer or contractor.

It is immaterial if the contractor or employer had actual knowledge

of the illegal hookup, if done in the course of employment.