Tex. Water Code § 7.155 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
VIOLATION RELATING TO DISCHARGE OR SPILL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) operates, is in charge of, or is responsible for a facility or vessel that causes a discharge or spill as defined by Section 26.263 and does not report the spill or discharge on discovery; or
(2) knowingly falsifies a record or report concerning the prevention or cleanup of a discharge or spill.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a felony of the third degree.
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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