California · Penal Code
PEN §607: Every person who willfully and maliciously cuts, breaks, injures, or destroys, or who, without the authority of the owner or managing agent, operates any gate or control of, any bridge, dam, canal, fl
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits vandalism who willfully damages water infrastructure (dams, canals, aqueducts, levees, embankments) or unauthorized operates their gates, or damages soil in water courses or drainage ditches with intent to destroy them.
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