Texas Statutes
§ 86.223 — SUIT FOR PENALTY.
Texas § 86.223
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 86.223 (2026).
Text
Sec. 86.223. SUIT FOR PENALTY. The penalty may be recovered with the cost of suit by the State of Texas through the attorney general or the county or district attorney when joined by the attorney general in a civil action instituted in Travis County, in the county in which the violation occurred, or in the county of residence of the defendant.
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Legislative History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2539, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5251, ch. 967, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.
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§ 86.001
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PROHIBITION AGAINST WASTE.§ 86.012
DEFINITION OF WASTE.§ 86.041
IN GENERAL.§ 86.042
RULES AND ORDERS.§ 86.043
DETERMINING GAS-OIL RATIO.§ 86.044
WEATHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.§ 86.081
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Bluebook (online)
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