{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-13.417","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 13.417","heading":"CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.","body":"If any person or retail public utility fails to comply with any lawful order of the utility commission or the commission or with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum or if any witness refuses to testify about any matter on which he may be lawfully interrogated, the utility commission or the commission may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 3.005, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 567, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 2.77, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 171 (S.B. 567), Sec. 77, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 13. WATER RATES AND SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER K. VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.13.htm#13.417","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"e02fd0af1dba4291db93e9622ad7268b0d441ffb96b84290ab35cc20a0e030b5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-13.416","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-13.418"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}