Section 573.003 - Civil Penalty; Injunction(a) A person who violates a rule or order adopted by the county, district, or authority under this chapter is liable to the county, district, or authority for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is considered a separate violation for purposes of assessing the civil penalty.(b) A county, district, or authority may bring suit in a district court to: (1) restrain a violation or threatened violation of a rule or order adopted by the county, district, or authority under this chapter; or(2) recover a civil penalty authorized by Subsection (a).Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 573.003
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 423.003 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 3.76(c)(3), eff. 4/1/2009.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 1, eff. 5/28/1999. Renumbered from Sec. 422.003 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(92), eff. 9/1/2001.