{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.107","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 7.107","heading":"DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY.","body":"Except in a suit brought for a violation of Chapter 28 of this code or of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, a civil penalty recovered in a suit brought under this subchapter by a local government shall be divided as follows:\n(1) the first $4.3 million of the amount recovered shall be divided equally between:\n(A) the state; and\n(B) the local government that brought the suit; and\n(2) any amount recovered in excess of $4.3 million shall be awarded to the state.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 543 (H.B. 1794), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER D. CIVIL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm#7.107","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"b97efd13da0674ca6a2a97abe85c41fb4b7a54be3bbe624e8cd00f366728fc3a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.106","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}