Sec. 53.122. REGULATING SANITARY CONDITIONS INSIDE THE DISTRICT. (a) A district may regulate the installation, maintenance, and operation of plumbing fixtures and facilities inside the district for the purpose of:

(1) maintaining safe and sanitary conditions; and

(2) protecting the lives, health, and welfare of the people in the district.

(b) The board may set a reasonable penalty for violating any rule authorized by Subsection (a) of this section, within these limits:

(1) a fine of not more than $200;

(2) confinement in the county jail for not more than 30 days; or

(3) both the fine and the jail sentence.

(c) The penalty set by the supervisors is in addition to other penalties provided by law. A court of proper jurisdiction in the county where the district's principal office is located may enforce the penalties.

(d) A penalty for the violation of a rule is not valid unless a brief, substantial statement of the rule and the penalty is published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the district is located. A penalty takes effect seven days after the second publication.

(e) The courts shall take judicial notice of the rules made by a district under this section.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 411, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.