When notice thereof is given by the department, in the manner provided by section 720, to any person permitting or suffering such damage to be done to any State highway, or permitting or suffering any such condition to exist, such person shall immediately cease and discontinue such diversion of waters or shall discontinue and prevent such drainage, seepage, or overflow and shall repair the highway at his own expense.
(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 29.)