Tex. Water Code § 11.0843
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 11.0843, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 11.0843. FIELD CITATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Upon witnessing a violation of this chapter or a rule or order or a water right issued under this chapter, the executive director or a person designated by the executive director, including a watermaster or the watermaster's deputy, may issue the alleged violator a field citation alleging that a violation has occurred and providing the alleged violator the option of either:
(1) without admitting to or denying the alleged violation, paying an administrative penalty in accordance with the predetermined penalty amount established under Subsection (b) and taking remedial action as provided in the citation; or
(2) requesting a hearing on the alleged violation in accordance with Section 11.0842.
(b) By rule the commission shall establish penalty amounts corresponding to types of violations of this chapter or rules or orders adopted or water rights issued under this chapter.
(c) A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(1) without admitting to or denying the alleged violation, paying an administrative penalty in accordance with the predetermined penalty amount established under Subsection (b) and taking remedial action as provided in the citation; or
(2) requesting a hearing on the alleged violation in accordance with Section 11.0842.
(b) By rule the commission shall establish penalty amounts corresponding to types of violations of this chapter or rules or orders adopted or water rights issued under this chapter.
(c) A penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
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