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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle A - Executive Agencies
Chapter 7 - Enforcement
Subchapter E. Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Section 7.189. Venue
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TX Water Code § 7.189 (2025)
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Sec. 7.189. VENUE. Venue for prosecution of an alleged violation under this subchapter is in:
(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred;
(2) the county where the defendant resides;
(3) if the alleged violation involves the transportation of a discharge, waste, or pollutant, any county to which or through which the discharge, waste, or pollutant was transported; or
(4) Travis County.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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