Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173 · Subchapter H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan may provide that failure to comply with the plan or with a rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan is an offense.
(b) The plan may prescribe a punishment for the offense but may not prescribe a fine that exceeds $1,000 or confinement in jail for a term that exceeds 180 days.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm
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