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TX Water Code § 29.045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.045. Use of Unmarked Vehicles

Sec. 29.045.  USE OF UNMARKED VEHICLES.  No person who is required to have a permit under this chapter may haul oil and gas waste in a vehicle that does not bear the owner's name and the hauler's permit number.  This information shall appear on both sides and the rear of the vehicle in characters not less than three inches high.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 31, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
TX Water Code § 29.046 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.046. Penalty

Sec. 29.046.  PENALTY.  A person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by confinement in the county jail for not more than 10 days or by both.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 29.047 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.047. Administrative Penalty

Sec. 29.047.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.  (a)  If a person violates the provisions of this chapter or a rule, order, license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter, the person may be assessed a civil penalty by the railroad commission.(b)  The penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for each violation.  Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.(c)  In determining the amount of the penalty, the railroad commission shall consider the permittee's history of previous violations of this chapter, the seriousness of the violation, any hazard to the health or safety of the public, and the demonstrated good faith of the permittee or person charged.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 286, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 29.048 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.048. Penalty Assessment Procedure

Sec. 29.048.  PENALTY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE.  (a)  A civil penalty may be assessed only after the permittee or person charged with a violation described under Section 29.047 of this code has been given an opportunity for a public hearing.(b)  If a public hearing has been held, the railroad commission shall make findings of fact, and it shall issue a written decision as to the occurrence of the violation and the amount of the penalty that is warranted, incorporating, when appropriate, an order requiring that the penalty be paid.(c)  If appropriate, the railroad commission shall consolidate the hearings with other proceedings under this chapter.(d)  If the permittee or person charged with the violation fails to avail himself of the opportunity for a public hearing, a civil penalty may be assessed by the railroad commission after it has determined that a violation did occur and the amount of the penalty that is warranted.(e)  The railroad commission shall then issue an order requiring that the penalty be paid.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 286, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 29.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.049. Payment of Penalty; Refund

Sec. 29.049.  PAYMENT OF PENALTY;  REFUND.  (a)  On the issuance of an order finding that a violation has occurred, the railroad commission shall inform the permittee and any other person charged within 30 days of the amount of the penalty.(b)  Within the 30-day period immediately following the day on which the decision or order is final as provided in Subchapter F, Chapter 2001, Government Code, the person charged with the penalty shall:(1)  pay the penalty in full;  or(2)  if the person seeks judicial review of either the amount of the penalty or the fact of the violation, or both:(A)  forward the amount to the railroad commission for placement in an escrow account;  or(B)  in lieu of payment into escrow, post a supersedeas bond with the railroad commission under the following conditions.  If the decision or order being appealed is the first final railroad commission decision or order assessing any administrative penalty against the person, the railroad commission shall accept a supersedeas bond.  In the case of appeal of any subsequent decision or order assessing any administrative penalty against the person, regardless of the finality of judicial review of any previous decision or order, the railroad commission may accept a supersedeas bond.  Each supersedeas bond shall be for the amount of the penalty and in a form approved by the railroad commission and shall stay the collection of the penalty until all judicial review of the decision or order is final.(c)  If through judicial review of the decision or order it is determined that no violation occurred or that the amount of the penalty should be reduced or not assessed, the railroad commission shall, within the 30-day period immediately following that determination, if the penalty has been paid to the railroad commission, remit the appropriate amount to the person, with accrued interest, or where a supersedeas bond has been posted, the railroad commission shall execute a release of such bond.(d)  Failure to forward the money to the railroad commission within the time provided by Subsection (b) of this section results in a waiver of all legal rights to contest the violation or the amount of the penalty.(e)  Judicial review of the order or decision of the railroad commission assessing the penalty shall be under the substantial evidence rule and shall be instituted by filing a petition with the district court of Travis County, Texas, and not elsewhere, as provided for in Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 286, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(53), (59), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 29.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties|Section 29.050. Recovery of Penalty

Sec. 29.050.  RECOVERY OF PENALTY.  Civil penalties owed under Sections 29.047-29.049 of this code may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general at the request of the railroad commission.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1421, ch. 286, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 29.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter E. Civil Enforcement|Section 29.051. Civil Penalty

Sec. 29.051.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who violates this chapter, a rule or order of the railroad commission adopted under this chapter, or a term, condition, or provision of a permit issued under this chapter, is subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for each offense.  Each day a violation is committed is a separate offense.(b)  An action to recover the penalty under Subsection (a) of this section may be brought by the railroad commission in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the offending activity occurred, in which the defendant resides, or in Travis County.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5265, ch. 967, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 29.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter E. Civil Enforcement|Section 29.052. Injunction

Sec. 29.052.  INJUNCTION.  The railroad commission may enforce this chapter, a valid rule or order made under this chapter, or a term or condition of a permit issued by the railroad commission under this chapter by injunction or other appropriate remedy.  The action may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the offending activity has occurred, in which the defendant resides, or in Travis County.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5265, ch. 967, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 29.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers|Subchapter E. Civil Enforcement|Section 29.053. Procedure

Sec. 29.053.  PROCEDURE.  (a)  At the request of the railroad commission, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the state for injunctive relief or other appropriate remedy or to recover a civil penalty as provided by Section 29.051 or 29.052 of this code or for both injunctive relief or other appropriate remedy and recovery of a civil penalty.(b)  A party to a suit may appeal from a final judgment as in other civil cases.|Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5265, ch. 967, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Water Code § 30.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 30.001. Short Title

Sec. 30.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Regional Waste Disposal Act.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 30.002. Purpose

Sec. 30.002.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to authorize public agencies to cooperate for the safe and economical collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of waste in order to prevent and control pollution of water in the state.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 30.004. Cumulative Effect of Chapter

Sec. 30.004.  CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHAPTER.  (a)  This chapter is cumulative of other statutes governing the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission relating to:(1)  the issuance of bonds;(2)  the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of waste;  and(3)  the design, construction, acquisition, or approval of facilities for these purposes.(b)  The powers granted to districts and public agencies by this chapter are additional to and cumulative of the powers granted by other laws.  This chapter is full authority for any district or public agency to enter into contracts authorized by it and for any district to authorize and issue bonds under its provisions without reference to the provisions of any other law or charter.  No other law or charter provision which limits, restricts, or imposes additional requirements on matters authorized by this chapter shall apply to any action or proceeding under this chapter unless expressly provided to the contrary in this chapter.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.134, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.069, eff. Aug. 12, 1991;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.302, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 30.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 30.005. Construction of Chapter

Sec. 30.005.  CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.  The terms and provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.021. Disposal System

Sec. 30.021.  DISPOSAL SYSTEM.  A district may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend, repair, operate, and maintain one or more disposal systems.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.022. Purchase and Sale of Facilities

Sec. 30.022.  PURCHASE AND SALE OF FACILITIES.  A district may contract with any person to purchase or sell by installments over such term as considered desirable any waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal facilities or systems.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.023. Lease of Facilities

Sec. 30.023.  LEASE OF FACILITIES.  A district may lease to or from any person for such term and on such conditions as may be considered desirable any waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal facilities or systems.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.024. Operating Agreements

Sec. 30.024.  OPERATING AGREEMENTS.  A district may make operating agreements with any person for such terms and on such conditions as may be considered desirable for the operation of any waste collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal facilities or systems of any person by the district.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.025. Waste Disposal Contracts by District

Sec. 30.025.  WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTS BY DISTRICT.  A district may make contracts with any person, including any public agency located inside or outside the boundaries of the district, under which the district will collect, transport, treat, or dispose of waste for the person.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.026. Contracts by River Authority

Sec. 30.026.  CONTRACTS BY RIVER AUTHORITY.  Each river authority may make contracts authorized by this chapter with any person, including any public agency situated wholly or partly inside its boundaries and any public agency situated wholly or partly inside the river basin and any public agency situated wholly or partly inside the coastal basins adjoining its boundaries, but a river authority may not make contracts to serve a public agency situated wholly inside the boundaries of another river authority or to serve facilities of a person situated wholly within the boundaries of another river authority, except with the consent of the other river authority.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.027. Contract With Public Agency

Sec. 30.027.  CONTRACT WITH PUBLIC AGENCY.  A public agency may make contracts with a district under which the district will make a disposal system available to the public agency and will furnish waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services to the public agency, group of public agencies, or other persons through the district's disposal system.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.028. Contract Provisions

Sec. 30.028.  CONTRACT PROVISIONS.  (a)  The contract may provide for:(1)  duration of the contract for a specified period or until issued and unissued bonds and refunding bonds of the district are paid;(2)  assuring equitable treatment of parties who contract with the district for waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services from the same disposal system;(3)  requiring the public agency to regulate the quality and strength of waste to be handled by the disposal system;(4)  sale or lease to or use by a district of all or part of a disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency;(5)  the district operating all or part of a disposal system owned or to be acquired by the public agency;  and(6)  other terms the district or the governing body of the public agency consider appropriate or necessary.(b)  The contract shall specify the method for determining the amounts to be paid by the public agency to the district.(c)  A contract made by a city may provide that the district shall have the right to use the streets, alleys, and public ways and places inside the city during the term of the contract.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.029. Continued Use of District Facilities

Sec. 30.029.  CONTINUED USE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES.  After amortization of the district's investment in the disposal system, the public agency is entitled to continued performance of the service during the useful life of the disposal system, on payment of reasonable charges reduced to take into consideration the amortization.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.030. Source of Contract Payments

Sec. 30.030.  SOURCE OF CONTRACT PAYMENTS.  (a)  A public agency may pay for the waste collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal services with income from its waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, or both systems, or its combined water and sanitary sewer system, as prescribed by the contract.  In the alternative, a joint board defined as a public agency in Section 30.003, Subdivision (3), may pay for these services from any revenue or other funds within its control specified in the contract if the city councils of the cities which created the joint board approve, by ordinance, the contract between the joint board and the district.  These payments constitute an operating expense of each system whose revenue is so used.(b)  The obligation of contract payments on the income of the public agency's water system is subordinate to the obligation imposed by any bonds that are payable solely from the water system net revenue and that are outstanding at the time the contract is made, unless the ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds expressly reserved the right to give the contract payments a priority over the bond requirements.(c)  If a public agency having taxing power holds an election substantially according to the applicable provisions of Chapter 1251, Government Code, relating to the issuance of bonds by cities and it is determined that the public agency is authorized to levy an ad valorem tax to make all or part of the payments under a contract with a district, then the contract is an obligation against the taxing power of the public agency to the extent authorized, and payments under the contract may be payable from and constitute solely an obligation against the taxing powers of the city or may be payable both from taxes and from revenue prescribed in the contract.  Otherwise, neither the district nor the holders of the district's bonds are entitled to demand payment of the public agency's obligation out of any tax revenue.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.419, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 30.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.031. Rates

Sec. 30.031.  RATES.  (a)  When all or part of the payments under a contract are to be made from revenue of the waterworks system, sanitary sewer system, both systems, or a combination of both systems, the public agency shall establish, maintain, and periodically adjust the rates charged for services of the systems, so that the revenue, along with any taxes levied in support of the indebtedness, will be sufficient to pay:(1)  the expenses of operating and maintaining the systems;(2)  the obligations to the district under the contract;  and(3)  the obligations of bonds that are secured by revenue of the systems.(b)  The contract may require the use of consulting engineers and financial experts to advise the public agency on the need for adjusting rates.(c)  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, a district may use the proceeds of bonds issued for the purpose of constructing a waste disposal system or systems, and payable wholly or in part from ad valorem taxes, for the purchase of capacity in, or a right to have the wastes of the district treated in, a waste collection, treatment, or disposal system and facilities owned or to be owned exclusively or in part by another public agency, and a district may issue bonds payable wholly or in part from ad valorem taxes specifically for such purpose if a majority of the resident electors of the district have authorized the governing body of the district to issue bonds for that purpose or for the purpose of constructing a waste disposal system or systems.  The bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of, and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of, the laws authorizing the district to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing waste collection, treatment, and disposal systems, except as otherwise provided in this subsection.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Water Code § 30.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 30 - Regional Waste Disposal|Subchapter B. Regional Waste Disposal Systems|Section 30.032. Service to More Than One Public Agency

Sec. 30.032.  SERVICE TO MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC AGENCY.  A contract or group of contracts may provide for the district to render services concurrently to more than one person through constructing and operating a disposal system and may provide that the cost of these services be allocated among the persons as provided in the contract or group of contracts.|Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|