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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Water Code § 7.183: INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING EMISSION OF AIR CONTAMINANT AND KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.

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  1. WATER CODE
  2. TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
  4. CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly, with respect to the person's conduct, emits an air contaminant with the knowledge that the person is placing another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury unless the emission is made in strict compliance with Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code, or a permit, variance, or order issued or a rule adopted by the commission.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(F) or both.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(F).

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:48Z. Source file · JSON

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