Sec. 131.266. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The commission may have a civil suit instituted for injunctive relief to restrain a permittee from continuing a violation or threatening a violation or for the assessment of a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 as the court considers proper for each day of violation, or for both.

(b) In determining the amount of the civil penalty, consideration shall be given to:

(1) the permittee's history of previous violations under this chapter;

(2) the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the permittee;

(3) the seriousness of the violation, including irreparable harm to the environment and hazard to the health or safety of the public;

(4) whether the permittee was negligent; and

(5) the demonstrated good faith of the permittee charged in attempting to achieve rapid compliance after notice of the violation.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2632, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.