Tex. Water Code § 7.174 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
VIOLATION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM PERMIT PROVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person begins to construct, alter, repair, or extend an on-site sewage disposal system owned by another person before the owner of the system obtains a permit to construct, alter, repair, or extend the on-site sewage disposal system as required by Subchapter D, Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code.
(b) Except as provided by this subsection, an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. If it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(A) or both.
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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