{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-369.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 369.003","heading":"PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who violates Section 369.002(a) or (b) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each act of violation.\n(b) If it appears that a person has violated or is violating Section 369.002, the attorney general or a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of this state to recover the civil penalty imposed under this section.\n(c) A civil penalty recovered under this section shall be deposited:\n(1) in the state treasury if the attorney general brings the suit; or\n(2) in the general fund of the county in which the violation occurred if a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney brings the suit.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 131, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER","CHAPTER 369. PLASTIC CONTAINERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.369.htm#369.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"76a492abd3574db8311f4942e8163592946ecbad9cec587a16943510c7982423","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-369.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-370.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}