§ 33.1-176. Duty of owner or occupier of dam
Every owner or occupier of a dam shall, so far as any state highway passes over the same, keep such dam in good order, at least twelve feet wide at the top, and also keep in good order the substructure of a bridge of like width over the pier heads, floodgates or any wastecut through or around the dam; provided, however, that when the above has been done, the superstructure of any such bridge shall be maintained by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. The Commissioner shall inspect all such bridges and report to the owner in writing needed repairs. If such owner fails to comply with the provisions of this article, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined two dollars for every such failure of twenty-four hours. But if a milldam is carried away or destroyed by flood or any other extraordinary natural cause, the owner or occupier thereof shall not be subject to such fine until one month after any mill, operated in whole or in part by water impounded by such dam, has been put into operation by such waterpower.
(Code 1950, § 33-90; 1970, c. 322.)
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