Sec. 5.126. REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission shall:
(1) prepare an electronic report on its enforcement actions for the preceding fiscal year, including a comparison with its enforcement actions for each of the preceding five fiscal years; and
(2) provide the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) The report shall separately describe the enforcement actions for each type of regulatory program, including programs under Chapters 26 and 27 of this code and Chapters 361, 382, and 401, Health and Safety Code.
(c) The description of enforcement actions for each type of regulatory program shall include:
(1) the number of inspections;
(2) the number of notices of violations;
(3) the number of enforcement actions;
(4) the type of enforcement actions;
(5) the amount of penalties assessed, deferred, or collected; and
(6) any other information the commission determines relevant.
(d) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, the attorney general shall provide the commission information on enforcement actions referred by the commission to the attorney general that were resolved during the preceding fiscal year or are pending at the end of that fiscal year.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1082, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 5.123 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(112), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle A - Executive Agencies
Chapter 5 - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Subchapter D. General Powers and Duties of the Commission
Section 5.101. Scope of Subchapter
Section 5.1031. Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section 5.1035. Rules Regarding Drinking-Water Standards
Section 5.104. Memoranda of Understanding
Section 5.106. Budget Approval
Section 5.107. Advisory Committees, Work Groups, and Task Forces
Section 5.108. Executive Director
Section 5.110. General Counsel
Section 5.111. Standards of Conduct
Section 5.112. Public Testimony Policy
Section 5.113. Commission and Staff Responsibility Policy
Section 5.114. Applications and Other Documents
Section 5.115. Persons Affected in Commission Hearings; Notice of Application
Section 5.116. Hearings; Recess
Section 5.117. Mandatory Enforcement Hearing
Section 5.1175. Payment of Penalty by Installment
Section 5.118. Power to Administer Oaths
Section 5.119. Commission to Be Knowledgeable
Section 5.1191. Research Model
Section 5.1192. Coordination of Research
Section 5.120. Conservation and Quality of Environment
Section 5.121. Public Information
Section 5.122. Delegation of Uncontested Matters to Executive Director
Section 5.124. Authority to Award Grants
Section 5.125. Cost-Sharing for Environmental Compliance Assessments by Certain Businesses
Section 5.126. Report on Enforcement Actions
Section 5.127. Environmental Management Systems
Section 5.129. Summary for Public Notices
Section 5.130. Consideration of Cumulative Risks
Section 5.132. Creation of Performance Measures for Innovative Regulatory Programs
Section 5.133. Actions in Mexico
Section 5.134. Use of Environmental Testing Laboratory Data and Analysis