Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 87.241 — PENALTY
NR § 87.241Title 3. OIL AND GAS · Part B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS · Ch. 87. REGULATION OF SOUR NATURAL GAS · Art. H. ENFORCEMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)A person who violates this chapter is liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each offense.
(b)Each day a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.
(c)The penalty may be recovered by the State of Texas, with costs of suit, in a civil action instituted by the attorney general in Travis County, in the county in which the violation occurred, or in the county of residence of the defendant.
Legislative history
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2546, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5255, ch. 967, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.