Section 60342 Of Chapter 5. Penalties And Exemptions From California Water Code >> Division 18. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 5.
60342
. It shall be unlawful to produce groundwater from any
water-producing facility within any district from and after one year
following the adoption of the resolution provided for in Section
60305 hereof, unless such water-producing facility shall have a
water-measuring device affixed thereto capable of registering the
accumulated amount of groundwater produced therefrom.
The board by resolution may extend such date on a year-to-year
basis upon its determination that availability, price of
water-measuring devices, or other circumstances justify such
extension. Should the date be extended, notice thereof shall be
published in the district pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government
Code, such publication to be completed not less than two months prior
to the date so extended.
This section shall not be applicable to any operator of a
water-producing facility having a discharge opening two inches or
less in diameter and providing groundwater for domestic or irrigation
uses on an area not exceeding one acre in extent, who is required to
pay a replenishment assessment in an amount fixed by resolution of
the board of the district as hereinabove in this act provided.
Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Each day of operation of a water-producing facility in
violation hereof shall constitute a separate offense.