The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXI
DRAINAGE

Chapter 298
DRAINAGE AND WATER CONTROL

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F.S. 298.66

298.66 Obstruction of public drainage canals, etc., prohibited; damages; penalties.—

(1) A person may not willfully, or otherwise, obstruct any public canal, drain, ditch or watercourse or damage or destroy any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district.

(2) Any person who willfully obstructs any public canal, drain, ditch, or watercourse or damages or destroys any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district shall be liable to any person injured thereby for the full amount of the injury occasioned to any land or crops or other property by reason of such misconduct and shall be liable to the district constructing the drainage work for double the cost of removing such obstruction or repairing such damage.

(3) Any person who willfully, or otherwise, obstructs any public canal, drain, ditch, or watercourse, impedes or obstructs the flow of water therein, or damages or destroys any public drainage works constructed in or maintained by any district commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 5, ch. 6190, 1911; s. 52, ch. 6458, 1913; RGS 5293, 5294; ss. 1-3, ch. 10110, 1925; CGL 1518, 1519, 7413-7415; s. 163, ch. 71-136; s. 28, ch. 79-5; s. 48, ch. 2010-205.

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Amendments to 298.66

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 298.66

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S298.66 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - DAMAGE DESTROY IMPEDE DISTRICT WATER FLOW - F: T

S298.66 2 - DAMAGE PROP - RENUMBERED. SEE REC #7035 - F: T

S298.66 3 - DAMAGE PROP-PUBLIC - DAMAGE DESTROY IMPEDE DISTRICT WATER FLOW - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

WALES, v. JACK M. BERRY, INC., 192 F. Supp. 2d 1313 (M.D. Fla. 2001)

. . . Kiehline 719.50 110.25 609.25 Corry 269.00 27.50 241.50 Germino 680.50 60.20 620.30 Asbed 312.41 13.75 298.66 . . . CO © Ox CO 15,697.50 Corry 241.50 CO © cn CO 8,684.20 Germino 620.30 CO i — * jfx CO 4,181.24 Asbed 298.66 . . .

S. ROACH, v. LOXAHATCHEE GROVES WATER CONTROL DISTRICT,, 417 So. 2d 814 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . . § 298.66, Fla. Stat. (1981). . . .

J. TROUPE v. J. SEBY, 416 F.2d 514 (9th Cir. 1969)

. . . Seby as shown in plaintiffs’ Exhibit 79 is Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Eight and 66/100 ($11,-298.66 . . .

Al J. F. v., 33 T.C. 861 (T.C. 1960)

. . . petitioner is entitled to deduct as a business expense the cost of his own meals in the aggregate amount of $298.66 . . .