Section 12.020 of the Code, which provides for the assessment of administrative penalties, applies to a person who violates the Code or this chapter. Failure to pay an administrative penalty assessed by a final order of the Department is a violation of this chapter. Failure to pay a final judgment which assesses a civil penalty in which express findings of a violation are made, and which was entered pursuant to the Code or this chapter, shall also constitute a violation of this chapter.
4 Tex. Admin. Code § 24.37