Tex. Water Code § 7.175 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
EMERGENCY REPAIR NOT AN OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An emergency repair to an on-site sewage disposal system without a permit in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 366.012(a)(1)(C), Health and Safety Code, is not an offense under Section 7.172, 7.173, or 7.174 if a written statement describing the need for the repair is provided to the commission or its authorized agent not later than 72 hours after the repair is begun.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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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.7.htm
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Health and Safety Code
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 7.172FAILURE OF SEWAGE SYSTEM INSTALLER TO REGISTER.Printed as Section 7.172, 7.173, or 7.174
- Tex. Water Code § 7.173VIOLATION RELATING TO SEWAGE DISPOSAL.Printed as Section 7.172, 7.173, or 7.174
- Tex. Water Code § 7.174VIOLATION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM PERMIT PROVISION.Printed as Section 7.172, 7.173, or 7.174
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