{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-29.047","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 29.047","heading":"ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.","body":"(a) If a person violates the provisions of this chapter or a rule, order, license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter, the person may be assessed a civil penalty by the railroad commission.\n(b) The penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.\n(c) In determining the amount of the penalty, the railroad commission shall consider the permittee's history of previous violations of this chapter, the seriousness of the violation, any hazard to the health or safety of the public, and the demonstrated good faith of the permittee or person charged.\nAdded by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 286, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL","CHAPTER 29. OIL AND GAS WASTE HAULERS","SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES; PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.29.htm#29.047","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"6e2858cdd1a752bda60e74bdb08fb5f821ff1053998ffaac5a6e591bc86e8bd4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-29.046","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-29.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}