Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.052
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 117.052, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 117.052. ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Official statutory text
(a) If it appears that a rule of the commission has been or is being violated, the commission may have a civil suit instituted in a district court for injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation or for the assessment and recovery of a civil penalty under Section 117.051 of this code, or for both the injunctive relief and the civil penalty.
(b) On application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person has violated or is violating this chapter or a rule of the commission adopted under this chapter, the district court shall grant the injunctive relief the facts so warrant.
(c) At the request of the commission, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the state for injunctive relief to recover the civil penalty, or for both injunctive relief and the civil penalty.
(b) On application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person has violated or is violating this chapter or a rule of the commission adopted under this chapter, the district court shall grant the injunctive relief the facts so warrant.
(c) At the request of the commission, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the state for injunctive relief to recover the civil penalty, or for both injunctive relief and the civil penalty.
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