Tex. Water Code § 49.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF DISTRICT RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may set reasonable civil penalties for the breach of any rule of the district that shall not exceed the jurisdiction of a justice court as provided by Section 27.031, Government Code.
(b) A penalty under this section is in addition to any other penalty provided by the law of this state and may be enforced by complaints filed in the appropriate court of jurisdiction in the county in which the district's principal office or meeting place is located.
(c) If the district prevails in any suit to enforce its rules, it may, in the same action, recover reasonable fees for attorneys, expert witnesses, and other costs incurred by the district before the court. The amount of the attorney's fees shall be fixed by the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.49.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 49.004. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8503.004POWERS AND DUTIES.Printed as Section 49.004, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8513.0325FRANCHISES AND RIGHTS RELATING TO NAVIGABLE CANALS AND WATERWAYS.Printed as Section 49.004, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8513.0402ENFORCEMENT OF RULES; PENALTY.Printed as Section 49.004, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8513.0405RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS.Printed as Section 49.004, Water Code
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