§ 519. — Noncompliance with orders; penalties; removal of bridge.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC519]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
Sec. 519. Noncompliance with orders; penalties; removal of
bridge
Any bridge owner who shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with
any lawful order of the Secretary, made in accordance with the
provisions of this subchapter, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall be punished in any court of competent
jurisdiction by a fine not exceeding $5,000, and every month such bridge
owner shall remain in default shall be deemed a new offense and subject
such bridge owner to additional penalties therefor. In addition to the
penalties above prescribed the Secretary may, upon the failure or
refusal of any bridge owner to comply with any lawful order issued by
the Secretary in regard thereto, cause the removal of any such bridge
and accessory works at the expense of the bridge owner; and suit for
such expense may be brought in the name of the United States against
such bridge owner and recovery had for such expense in any court of
competent jurisdiction. The removal of any bridge erected or maintained
in violation of the provisions of this subchapter or the order or
direction of the Secretary made in pursuance thereof, and compliance
with any order of the Secretary made with respect to any bridge in
accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, may be enforced by
injunction, mandamus, or other summary process upon application to the
district court of any district in which such bridge may, in whole or in
part, exist, and proper proceedings to this end may be instituted under
the direction of the Attorney General of the United States at the
request of the Secretary.
(June 21, 1940, ch. 409, Sec. 9, 54 Stat. 500.)
