It is unlawful for any person to connect or attach any kind of pipe, wire, or other contrivance to any pipe, line, wire, or other conductor carrying gas, water, electricity, or cable service and belonging to a public utility (whether publicly or privately owned) in such a manner as to enable him or her to consume or use the gas, water, electricity, or cable without it passing through the meter or any other way so as to evade payment therefor. It is also unlawful for any person to damage, molest, tamper with, or destroy any pipe, line, wire, meter, or other part of any public utility, including any telegraph or telephone system.
(Prior Code, § 131.06) Penalty, see § 130.99