Tex. Water Code § 53.122
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 53.122, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 53.122. REGULATING SANITARY CONDITIONS INSIDE THE DISTRICT.
Official statutory text
(a) A district may regulate the installation, maintenance, and operation of plumbing fixtures and facilities inside the district for the purpose of:
(1) maintaining safe and sanitary conditions; and
(2) protecting the lives, health, and welfare of the people in the district.
(b) The board may set a reasonable penalty for violating any rule authorized by Subsection (a) of this section, within these limits:
(1) a fine of not more than $200;
(2) confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days; or
(3) both the fine and the jail sentence.
(c) The penalty set by the supervisors is in addition to other penalties provided by law. A court of proper jurisdiction in the county where the district's principal office is located may enforce the penalties.
(d) A penalty for the violation of a rule is not valid unless a brief, substantial statement of the rule and the penalty is published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the district is located. A penalty takes effect seven days after the second publication.
(e) The courts shall take judicial notice of the rules made by a district under this section.
(1) maintaining safe and sanitary conditions; and
(2) protecting the lives, health, and welfare of the people in the district.
(b) The board may set a reasonable penalty for violating any rule authorized by Subsection (a) of this section, within these limits:
(1) a fine of not more than $200;
(2) confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days; or
(3) both the fine and the jail sentence.
(c) The penalty set by the supervisors is in addition to other penalties provided by law. A court of proper jurisdiction in the county where the district's principal office is located may enforce the penalties.
(d) A penalty for the violation of a rule is not valid unless a brief, substantial statement of the rule and the penalty is published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the district is located. A penalty takes effect seven days after the second publication.
(e) The courts shall take judicial notice of the rules made by a district under this section.
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