Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. General Powers and Duties of the Commission
Section 5.126. Report on Enforcement Actions

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

Texas Statutes

Water Code

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 5.102. General Powers

Section 5.103. Rules

Section 5.1031. Negotiated Rulemaking and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Section 5.1035. Rules Regarding Drinking-Water Standards

Section 5.104. Memoranda of Understanding

Section 5.105. General Policy

Section 5.106. Budget Approval

Section 5.107. Advisory Committees, Work Groups, and Task Forces

Section 5.108. Executive Director

Section 5.109. Chief Clerk

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 5.1193. Report

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 5.128. Electronic Reporting to Commission; Electronic Transmission of Information by Commission; Reduction of Duplicate Reporting

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

Section 5.135. Small Business Compliance Assistance Program