| (a) It shall be a violation for any person to do the following: (1) divert, impound, or use any water from the Rio Grande or its tributaries, either personally or through another, without proper authorization under the Texas Water Code, these sections, and any applicable final judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) refuse to allow or to interfere with the inspection of any land, natural waterway, artificial waterway, or diversion facility by an agent or employee of the executive director that would assist the commission in the discharge of its duties; (3) interfere with or refuse to comply with the execution of any order of the watermaster, executive director, or commission; (4) break, tamper with, or mutilate any seal or other device used to enforce orders of the commission, executive director, court, or watermaster; (5) make or send to the watermaster,
executive director, or commission any false or misleading statement, or submit any untrue data in any pump operation report or surface water use report; or (6) violate any statute, rule, or order of the commission or watermaster. (b) The list of violations in subsection (a) of this section is not exclusive.
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