VIOL OF HANDLING USED OILTexas Water Code (WC) § 7.176(a)

“VIOL OF HANDLING USED OIL” stands for Violation of of Handling Used Oil under Texas WC § 7.176(a).

Texas Water Code § 7.176 creates criminal offenses for mishandling used oil, enforcing the used-oil collection and recycling program of Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 371. Under subsection (a), a person commits an offense by intentionally discharging used oil into a sewer or septic tank, or into a drainage system, surface water or groundwater, a watercourse, or marine water; knowingly mixing used oil with solid waste destined for a landfill or disposing of used oil on land or in landfills; knowingly transporting, treating, storing, disposing of, recycling, or otherwise handling used oil in violation of management standards or without required registration; intentionally applying used oil to roads or land for dust suppression, weed abatement, or similar uses; violating a commission cease-and-desist order; or intentionally making a false statement in a compliance document. Unknowingly disposing of used oil that a generator failed to segregate from other waste is expressly excepted.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

The median bail is $10,000, and 1% of defendants were released on a personal bond.

Across 774 Texas bail settings for this charge (1 counties, Apr 2022 – Apr 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $10,000 (middle half: $1,000 – $10,000). 1% of defendants were released on a personal bond. When this was the only charge at booking (17 records), the median was $7,500 and 47% got a personal bond.

Showing the 1 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.