{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8855.106","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8855.106","heading":"ENFORCEMENT.","body":"(a) The district may enforce this chapter against any person in the manner provided by Chapter 36, Water Code. In lieu of a remedy available to the district under Section 36.102, Water Code, or in addition to those remedies, the district may impose a fee in addition to a fee assessed under Section 8855.152 on a person producing groundwater in violation of a district order or rule, including the failure or refusal to comply with any district order or rule relating to reducing or ceasing groundwater use. The purpose of a fee authorized by this subsection is to serve as a disincentive to producing groundwater except as authorized by the district.\n(b) A fee imposed under Subsection (a) may not exceed an amount equal to 10 times the amount of a fee assessed under Section 8855.152.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1208 (S.B. 726), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER","CHAPTER 8855. PRAIRIELANDS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER E. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8855.htm#8855.106","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"5f2bbabcef8648ca6a1a8d0b926f70b37383901c5dcb721541567e8eb9dc84a8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8855.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8855.151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}