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Texas Water Code § 7.190

Disposition of Fines

Enforcement · Criminal Offenses and Penalties

A fine recovered through a prosecution brought under this subchapter shall be divided equally between the state and any local government significantly involved in prosecuting the case, except that if the court determines that the state or the local government bore significantly more of the burden of prosecuting the case, the court may apportion up to 75 percent of the fine to the government that predominantly prosecuted the case.

Official text of the Texas Water Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 7.203