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TX Water Code § 7.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.152. Intentional or Knowing Unauthorized Discharge and Knowing Endangerment

Sec. 7.152.  INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly, discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant into or adjacent to water in the state and by that action knowingly places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the discharge is made in strict compliance with all required permits or with an order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a), in determining whether a defendant who is an individual knew that the violation placed another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, the defendant is responsible only for the defendant's actual awareness or actual belief possessed.  Knowledge possessed by a person other than the defendant may not be attributed to the defendant.  To prove a defendant's actual knowledge, circumstantial evidence may be used, including evidence that the defendant took affirmative steps to be shielded from relevant information.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both.  If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the individual may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(I) or both.(d)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E).  If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the person may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(F).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.153. Intentional or Knowing Unauthorized Discharge and Endangerment

Sec. 7.153.  INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND ENDANGERMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct, discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant into or adjacent to water in the state and by that action places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the discharge is made in strict compliance with all required permits or with a valid and currently effective order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(F) or both.  If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the individual may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E).  If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the person may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(F).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.154. Reckless Unauthorized Discharge and Endangerment

Sec. 7.154.  RECKLESS UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE AND ENDANGERMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting recklessly with respect to the person's conduct, discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant into or adjacent to water in the state and by that action places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, unless the discharge is made in strict compliance with all required permits or with a valid and currently effective order issued or rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.  If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the individual may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(D) or Section 7.187(2)(F) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(D).  If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the person may be punished under Section 7.187(1)(E).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.155. Violation Relating to Discharge or Spill

Sec. 7.155.  VIOLATION RELATING TO DISCHARGE OR SPILL.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  operates, is in charge of, or is responsible for a facility or vessel that causes a discharge or spill as defined by Section 26.263 and does not report the spill or discharge on discovery;  or(2)  knowingly falsifies a record or report concerning the prevention or cleanup of a discharge or spill.(b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor.(c)  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a felony of the third degree.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.156. Violation Relating to Underground Storage Tank

Sec. 7.156.  VIOLATION RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK.  (a)  A person or business entity commits an offense if:(1)  the person or business entity engages in the installation, repair, or removal of an underground storage tank and the person or business entity:(A)  does not hold a registration under Section 26.452;  and(B)  is not under the substantial control of a person or business entity who holds a registration under Section 26.452;(2)  the person or business entity:(A)  authorizes or allows the installation, repair, or removal of an underground storage tank to be conducted by a person or business entity who does not hold a registration under Section 26.452;  or(B)  authorizes or allows the installation, repair, or removal of an underground storage tank to be performed or supervised by a person or business entity who does not hold a license under Section 26.456;  or(3)  the conduct of the person or business entity makes the person or business entity responsible for a violation of Subchapter K, Chapter 26, or of a rule adopted or order issued under that subchapter.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person performs or supervises the installation, repair, or removal of an underground storage tank unless:(1)  the person holds a license under Section 26.456;  or(2)  another person who holds a license under Section 26.456 is substantially responsible for the performance or supervision of the installation, repair, or removal.(c)  A person commits an offense if the person is an owner or operator of an underground storage tank regulated under Chapter 26 into which any regulated substance is delivered unless the underground storage tank has been issued a valid, current underground storage tank registration and certificate of compliance under Section 26.346.(d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 722 (S.B. 485), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1256 (H.B. 1987), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Water Code § 7.1565 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.1565. Presumption

Sec. 7.1565.  PRESUMPTION.  If in the exercise of good faith a person depositing or causing to be deposited a regulated substance into an underground storage tank regulated under Chapter 26 receives a certificate of compliance for that underground storage tank under Section 26.346, the receipt of the certificate of compliance shall be considered prima facie evidence of compliance with this section.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1441, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Water Code § 7.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.157. Violation Relating to Injection Wells

Sec. 7.157.  VIOLATION RELATING TO INJECTION WELLS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally violates Chapter 27 or a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under Chapter 27.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(B).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.158. Violation Relating to Plugging Wells

Sec. 7.158.  VIOLATION RELATING TO PLUGGING WELLS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a well that is required to be cased or plugged by Chapter 28 and the person:(1)  fails or refuses to case or plug the well within the 30-day period following the date of the commission's order to do so;  or(2)  fails to comply with any other order issued by the commission under Chapter 28 within the 30-day period following the date of the order.(b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.159. Violation Relating to Water Wells or Drilled or Mined Shafts

Sec. 7.159.  VIOLATION RELATING TO WATER WELLS OR DRILLED OR MINED SHAFTS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally violates Chapter 28 or a commission rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under that chapter.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(B).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.160. Violation Relating to Certain Subsurface Excavations

Sec. 7.160.  VIOLATION RELATING TO CERTAIN SUBSURFACE EXCAVATIONS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally violates Chapter 31 or a commission rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under that chapter.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(B).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.161. Violation Relating to Solid Waste in Enclosed Containers or Vehicles

Sec. 7.161.  VIOLATION RELATING TO SOLID WASTE IN ENCLOSED CONTAINERS OR VEHICLES.  (a)  An operator of a solid waste facility or a solid waste hauler commits an offense if the operator or hauler disposes of solid waste in a completely enclosed container or vehicle at a solid waste site or operation permitted as a Type IV landfill:(1)  without having in possession the special permit required by Section 361.091, Health and Safety Code;(2)  on a date or time not authorized by the commission;  or(3)  without a commission inspector present to verify that the solid waste is free of putrescible, hazardous, and infectious waste.(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.(c)  This section does not apply to:(1)  a stationary compactor that is at a specific location and that has an annual permit under Section 361.091, Health and Safety Code, issued by the commission, on certification to the commission by the generator that the contents of the compactor are free of putrescible, hazardous, or infectious waste;  or(2)  an enclosed vehicle of a municipality if the vehicle has a permit issued by the commission to transport brush or construction-demolition waste and rubbish on designated dates, on certification by the municipality to the commission that the contents of the vehicle are free of putrescible, hazardous, or infectious waste.(d)  In this section, "putrescible waste" means organic waste, such as garbage, wastewater treatment plant sludge, and grease trap waste, that may:(1)  be decomposed by microorganisms with sufficient rapidity as to cause odors or gases;  or(2)  provide food for or attract birds, animals, or disease vectors.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.164 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.164. Violations Relating to Medical Waste: Large Generator

Sec. 7.164.  VIOLATIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE:  LARGE GENERATOR.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person is a large quantity generator and the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct:(1)  generates, collects, stores, processes, exports, or disposes of, or causes or allows to be generated, collected, stored, processed, exported, or disposed of, any medical waste without all permits required by the appropriate regulatory agency or in knowing violation of a material condition or requirement of a permit or of an applicable interim status rule or standard;  or(2)  generates, collects, stores, treats, transports, or disposes of, or causes or allows to be generated, collected, stored, treated, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise handles any medical waste, and knowingly destroys, alters, conceals, or does not file a record, report, manifest, or other document required to be maintained or filed under rules adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B) or Section 7.187(2)(G) or both.  If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(I) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B).  If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by Section 7.187(1)(C).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.165. Violations Relating to Medical Waste: Small Generator

Sec. 7.165.  VIOLATIONS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE:  SMALL GENERATOR.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person is a small quantity generator and the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct:(1)  generates, collects, stores, processes, exports, or disposes of, or causes or allows to be generated, collected, stored, processed, exported, or disposed of, any medical waste without all permits required by the appropriate regulatory agency or in knowing violation of any material condition or requirement of a permit or of an applicable interim status rule or standard;  or(2)  generates, collects, stores, treats, transports, or disposes of, or causes or allows to be generated, collected, stored, treated, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise handles any medical waste, and knowingly destroys, alters, conceals, or does not file a record, report, manifest, or other document required to be maintained or filed under rules adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(A).  If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B) or Section 7.187(2)(C) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B).  If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(C).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.166 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.166. Violations Relating to Transportation of Medical Waste

Sec. 7.166.  VIOLATIONS RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL WASTE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct:(1)  transports, or causes or allows to be transported, for storage, processing, or disposal, any medical waste to a location that does not have all required permits;(2)  transports without a manifest, or causes or allows to be transported without a manifest, any medical waste required to be accompanied by a manifest under rules adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency;  or(3)  operates a vehicle that is transporting medical waste, or that is authorized to transport medical waste, in violation of a rule adopted by the appropriate regulatory agency, including cleaning and safety regulations, that specifically relates to the transportation of medical waste.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.  If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(E) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E).  If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(F).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.167 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.167. False Statements Relating to Medical Waste

Sec. 7.167.  FALSE STATEMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:(1)  makes a false material statement, or knowingly causes or knowingly allows to be made a false material statement, to a person who prepares a regulated medical waste label, manifest, application, permit, plan, registration, record, report, or other document required by an order or a rule of the appropriate regulatory agency;  or(2)  omits material information, or causes or allows material information to be omitted, from a regulated medical waste label, manifest, application, permit, plan, registration, record, report, or other document required by an order or a rule of the appropriate regulatory agency.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.  If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the individual has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(E) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(B).  If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an individual that the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(C).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 7.168 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle A - Executive Agencies|Chapter 7 - Enforcement|Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties|Section 7.168. Intentional or Knowing Violation Relating to Medical Waste and Knowing Endangerment

Sec. 7.168.  INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING VIOLATION RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE AND KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting intentionally or knowingly, transports, processes, stores, exports, or disposes of, or causes to be transported, processed, stored, exported, or disposed of, medical waste in violation of Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, and by that action knowingly places another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.(b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(E) or Section 7.187(2)(H) or both.  If an offense committed by an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable for an individual under Section 7.187(1)(F) or Section 7.187(2)(J) or both.(c)  An offense under this section is punishable for a person other than an individual under Section 7.187(1)(F).  If an offense committed by a person other than an individual under this section results in death or serious bodily injury to another person, the offense is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(G).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|