Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 106.007 · Chapter 106. INTERNET DATING SAFETY ACT
CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An online dating service provider who violates this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $250 for each Texas member registered with the online dating service provider during the time of the violation.
(b) The attorney general may:
(1) seek an injunction to prevent or restrain a violation of this chapter; or
(2) bring suit to recover the civil penalty imposed under Subsection (a).
(c) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining an injunction or civil penalty under this section, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 27 (S.B. 488), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.106.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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