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Tex. Government Code § 418.173: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

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GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
CHAPTER 418. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(a) A state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan may provide that failure to comply with the plan or with a rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan is an offense.

(b) The plan may prescribe a punishment for the offense but may not prescribe a fine that exceeds $1,000 or confinement in jail for a term that exceeds 180 days.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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