Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40 § 39G

Current through Chapter 231 of the 2024
Section 40:39G - Pollution of water; damage to property; penalties

Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under said sections thirty-nine A to thirty-nine E, inclusive, or injures any structure, work or other property owned, held or used by a town under the authority and for the purposes of said sections, shall forfeit and pay to said town three times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 39G

Amended by Acts 2012, c. 446,§ 1, eff. 4/9/2013.