The penalty for violation of a rule is not effective and enforceable until five days after the publication of the notice. Five days after the publication, the published rule shall be in effect and ignorance of it is not a defense to a prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty.
Tex. Water Code § 54.208
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 788, ch. 84, Sec. 1.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.