(A) Any person who connects any pipe or conduit supplying water, without the knowledge and consent of the municipality, in such manner that any portion thereof may be supplied to any instrument by or at which water may be consumed without passing through the meter provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity passing through it, and any person who knowingly uses or knowingly permits the use of water obtained in the above mentioned unauthorized ways, shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
(B) Any person who willfully injures, alters, or by any instrument, device, or contrivance in any manner interferes with or obstructs the action or operation of any meter made or provided for measuring or registering the amount or quantity of water passing through it, without the knowledge and consent of the municipality shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
(C) When water service has been disconnected pursuant to Neb. RS 70-1601 to 70-1615, or § 50.02, any person who reconnects such service without the knowledge and consent of the municipality shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
(D) Proof of the existence of any pipe or conduit connection or reconnection or of any injury, alteration, or obstruction of a meter as provided in this section, shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person in possession of the premises where such connection, reconnection, injury alteration or obstruction is proved to exist.
(1990 Code, § 3-305) (Ord. 453, passed 3-5-1996)
Statutory reference:
Related state law provisions, see Neb. RS 86-329 through 86-331