{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.383","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.383","heading":"SUIT.","body":"By direction of the commission, the suit to recover the penalty shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the state by the attorney general or by the county or district attorney in the county in which the suit is brought.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2528, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS","SUBCHAPTER K. PENALTIES, IMPRISONMENT, AND CONFINEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.85.htm#85.383","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"a38f62f804ffe9b3279b04af9892a49823b7876280603ce06ba8248be5171217","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.382","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.384"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}