(a) A person who violates this chapter is liable to a penalty of not more than $1,000 for each offense.(b) Each day a violation occurs constitutes a separate offense.(c) The penalty may be recovered by the State of Texas, with costs of suit, in a civil action instituted by the attorney general in Travis County, in the county in which the violation occurred, or in the county of residence of the defendant.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 87.241
Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5255, ch. 967, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/1983. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2546, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.