Tex. Water Code § 7.148 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly tampers with, modifies, disables, or fails to use pollution control or monitoring devices, systems, methods, or practices required by Chapter 26 or a rule adopted or a permit or an order issued under Chapter 26 by the commission or one of its predecessor agencies unless done in strict compliance with the rule, permit, or order.
(b) An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.
(c) An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm
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