PART IV.  PRESCRIPTION OF PENALTIES

§51.  Prescription of penalties

Any suit by an official or agency responsible for the enforcement of a law, order, or regulation governing the production, transportation and marketing of oil and gas, or products thereof, to enforce in civil proceedings a penalty by means of a money judgment or a forfeiture of property, shall be instituted within three years after the violation shall have been made known to the attorney general.  This Part shall not affect a suit heretofore filed or any violation occurring prior to its effective date.