{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.130","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.130","heading":"EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS.","body":"The penalty for violation of a rule or regulation is not effective and enforceable until five days after the publication of the notice. Five days after the publication, the published regulation shall be in effect and ignorance of it is not a defense for a prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm#51.130","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"00aaf2ee9ffa3319987e66341b398f1c0e318fb5dc946abba8dcd9b9c06bbcf9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.129","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}