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$20 a gallon for gas. also $8.50 for a bottle of water. we spoke with mark rylander, a spokesman for the texas attorney general. >> thankfully the texas legislature in preparation of these kind of storms several years back came one stiff menalitiy -- penalties for people suspected of price gouging. they came up with a $20,000 fine per occurrence, or if someone 65 or older is affected it jumps to $250,000 fine per occurrence. >> texas officials say they've had close to 600 complaints about storm-related scams and gouging. the concerns toughing off social media hysteria and bizarrely long gas li...

>> thankfully the texas legislature in preparations of these kind of storms several years back came up with very stiff penalties for people who are guilty of price gouging. what they came up with was a $20,000 fine per occurrence, or if someone 65 years or older is affected, it jumps to an up to $250,000 fine per occurrence. >> this is a problem because texas officials say that they've had close to 600 complaints about storm-related scams and gouging. those concerns touching off social media hysteria. bizarrely long gas lines that you're looking at right there. prices shooting up from $2.20 to...

Affected it jumps to up to $250,000 fine per occurrence. the legislature put in place these laws and these protections so that in times of vulnerability like this people cannot be taken advantage of. now that hasn't affected some people from trying to do the things that we're talking about. however, again, the emphasis being on the fact that so many people uniting coming together and doing good. >> how do you determine, mark, where do you draw the line between supply and demand and price gouging in situations like raising the price on gas and water and the splice people need? look just trying ...