Texas § 7.107 DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY.

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§ 7.107 — DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY.

Texas § 7.107

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 7.107 (2026).

Text

Sec. 7.107. DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY. Except in a suit brought for a violation of Chapter 28 of this code or of Chapter 401 , Health and Safety Code, a civil penalty recovered in a suit brought under this subchapter by a local government shall be divided as follows:

(1)the first $4.3 million of the amount recovered shall be divided equally between:

(A)the state; and

(B)the local government that brought the suit; and

(2)any amount recovered in excess of $4.3 million shall be awarded to the state.

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Sec. 7.107. DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY. Except in a suit brought for a violation of Chapter 28 of this code or of Chapter 401 , Health and Safety Code, a civil penalty recovered in a suit brought under this subchapter by a local government shall be divided as follows:
(1) the first $4.3 million of the amount recovered shall be divided equally between:
(A) the state; and
(B) the local government that brought the suit; and
(2) any amount recovered in excess of $4.3 million shall be awarded to the state.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 543 (H.B. 1794 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.