Section 8888.170 - Civil Penalty; Civil Action; Injunction(a) A person who violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $50 and not more than $5,000 for each violation or each day of a continuing violation.(b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty in a district court in the county where the violation occurred. The penalty shall be paid to the authority.(c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.(d) The authority may bring an action for a civil penalty and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.(e) The authority may bring an action in a district court against a person located in the authority or included in the authority's groundwater reduction plan to: (1) recover any fees, rates, charges, assessments, collection expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or administrative penalties due the authority; or(2) enforce the authority's rules or orders.(f) Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes of an action described by Subsection (e).Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8888.170
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 869,Sec. 1.04, eff. 4/1/2019.