The penalty may be recovered with the cost of suit by the State of Texas through the attorney general or the county or district attorney when joined by the attorney general in a civil action instituted in Travis County, in the county in which the violation occurred, or in the county of residence of the defendant.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.223
SUIT FOR PENALTY
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2539, ch. 871, art
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