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One could possibly land in jail for 20 years upon urinating in the city’s water supply.


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RS 14:58
§ 58. Contaminating water supplies

Contaminating water supplies is the intentional performance of any act tending to contaminate any private or public water supply.

Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act foreseeably endangers the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both.

Whoever commits the crime of contaminating water supplies, when the act does not foreseeably endanger the life or health of human beings, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both.

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2 Responses to “One could possibly land in jail for 20 years upon urinating in the city’s water supply.”

Comment from Jimmy
Time April 18, 2010 at 3:09 am

Oh so I guess pissing in your toilet is illegal

Comment from JDP
Time June 13, 2011 at 2:00 am

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! yep.. Cuz we all wanna drink urine(: that’s right Johnny, go p!ss in the drinking water… It tastes bested that way(:

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