Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 8888.170. Civil Penalty; Civil Action; Injunction

(a) A person who violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $50 and not more than $5,000 for each violation or each day of a continuing violation.

(b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty in a district court in the county where the violation occurred. The penalty shall be paid to the authority.

(c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.

(d) The authority may bring an action for a civil penalty and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.

(e) The authority may bring an action in a district court against a person located in the authority or included in the authority's groundwater reduction plan to:

(f) Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes of an action described by Subsection (e). (Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029, Sec. 4.04.)