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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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UTILITIES CODE |
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Title 3. GAS REGULATION |
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Subtitle A. GAS UTILITY REGULATORY ACT |
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Chapter 105. JUDICIAL REVIEW; ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES |
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Subchapter B. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES |
Sec. 105.023. CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST GAS UTILITY OR AFFILIATE
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(a) A gas utility or affiliate is subject to a civil penalty if the gas utility or affiliate knowingly violates this subtitle, fails to perform a duty imposed on it, or fails, neglects, or refuses to obey an order, rule, direction, or requirement of the railroad commission or a decree or judgment of a court.
(b) A civil penalty under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for each violation.
(c) A gas utility or affiliate commits a separate violation each day it continues to violate Subsection (a).
(d) The attorney general shall file in the name of the railroad commission a suit on the attorney general's own initiative or at the request of the commission to recover the civil penalty under this section.