{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-418.173","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 418.173","heading":"PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 418. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm#418.173","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"2f2b946d852ffd7da3d3ce5271d9e0109c13246162213ea61f96ab75f9bd8fab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-418.172","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-418.174"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}