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.