Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.179 — CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR WILFUL AND KNOWING VIOLATION

NR § 134.179Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. H. ENFORCEMENT

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if the person wilfully and knowingly violates a condition of a permit issued under this chapter or does not comply with an order issued under this chapter, except an order incorporated in a decision issued by the commission under Section 134.175.

(b)An offense under this section is punishable by:

(1)a fine of not more than $10,000;

(2)imprisonment for not more than one year; or

(3)both the fine and the imprisonment.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.