Tex. Water Code § 7.103
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 7.103, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 7.103. CONTINUING VIOLATIONS.
Official statutory text
If it is shown on a trial of a defendant that the defendant has previously been assessed a civil penalty for a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute within the year before the date on which the violation being tried occurred, the defendant shall be assessed a civil penalty not less than $100 nor greater than $25,000 for each subsequent day and for each subsequent violation. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation.
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