81st Texas Legislature, Senate Bill 2543, Chapter 1249 Page: 1 of 4
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S.B. No. 2543
Chapter 1249
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the enforcement of rules by the Harris-Galveston
3 Subsidence District and the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
4 providing penalties.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
6 SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 8801.204,
7 Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows:
8 (a) If it appears that a person has violated or is violating
9 or threatening to violate this chapter or a rule, permit, or other
10 order of the district issued or adopted under this chapter, the
11 district may institute an action in a district court in the district
12 for:
13 (1) injunctive relief to restrain the person from
14 continuing the violation or threat of violation;
15 (2) the assessment and recovery of a civil penalty of:
16 (A) not less than $50 and not more than $5,000 for
17 each violation and for each day of a continuing violation, if the
18 person is not a political subdivision or an agency of a political
19 subdivision; or
20 (B) if the person is a political subdivision or
21 an agency of a political subdivision, an amount equal to the greater
22 of:
23 (i) 120 percent of the sum of the fees
24 assessed against the person and the amount the person would have1
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