Table of Contents TITLE 85. WATER USE CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER Part 1. General Provisions
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12 85-2-101 22 85-2-102 5 85-2-103 85-2-105 85-2-111 85-2-112 2 85-2-113 3 85-2-114 85-2-115 85-2-116 85-2-117 85-2-121 2 85-2-122 85-2-123 85-2-124 3 85-2-125 85-2-131 85-2-132 85-2-133 85-2-134 85-2-141 85-2-145 85-2-150 85-2-156 85-2-157

Mont. Code Ann. § 85-2-122

Penalties

(1) Except as provided in 85-2-410(6), a person who violates or refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of 85-2-114, any order of the department, or any rule of the department is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per violation. Each day of violation constitutes a separate violation.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), fines collected by the department or a district court under subsection (1) must be deposited in the account established in 85-2-318 for use by the department in the enforcement of 85-2-114.

(3) If a fine is collected by an independent action brought by:

(a) the county attorney, the fine must be deposited in the general fund of the county; or

(b) the county attorney with assistance from the attorney general or by the attorney general, the fine must be deposited in the water right enforcement account created in 44-4-1101 and must be used to enforce the provisions of 85-2-114.

Opinions construing this section

2 opinions
2019 MT 243 Oct 15, 2019 Affirmed
Lyman Cr. v. Bozeman
Majority by Laurie McKinnon · 5 to 0
mphasis added)). ¶16 In Faust, this Court decided that the Act does not create an implied private right of action to enforce the civil penalty provisions of § 85-2-122, MCA, because the enforcement framework of § 85-2-114, MCA, precludes such an implied right. See Faust, ¶ 30. Section 85-2-122, MCA, allows a penalty to be impose
2007 MT 326 Dec 11, 2007 Affirmed
Faust et al., v. Utility Solutions et al
Majority by Brian Morris · 5 to 0
violations of the Montana Water Use Act.” ¶8 Faust and McManus also ask the District Court to impose civil penalties against Utility Solutions pursuant to § 85-2-122, MCA, the civil penalty provision of the Water Use Act. Faust and McManus conclude their amended complaint by asking the District Court to award attorney fees pursu
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History:
En. Sec. 37, Ch. 452, L. 1973
R.C.M. 1947, 89-8-101
Amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 573, L. 1985
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 677, L. 1991
Amd. Sec. 444, Ch. 418, L. 1995
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 381, L. 2001
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 457, L. 2001
Amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 103, L. 2009 (HB 39 - Cohenour, Jill (D) HD 78)
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