{"data":{"id":"us-mt/85-2-122","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"85-2-122","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(3) If a fine is collected by an independent action brought by:\n(a) the county attorney, the fine must be deposited in the general fund of the county; or\n(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.","path":["TITLE 85. WATER USE","CHAPTER 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUND WATER","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0850/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0220/0850-0020-0010-0220.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:14Z","sha256":"edf8c402f09db143b63dc8e4e491bd409617204e725acf12bb2fd7ca35836559","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/85-2-121","next":"us-mt/85-2-123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}