Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.24 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE STATE EVIDENCE IN ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A final judgment rendered in an action brought under Section 15.20 or 15.22 of this Act to the effect that a defendant or defendants have violated any of the prohibitions in Section 15.05 of this Act is prima facie evidence against such defendant or defendants in any action brought under Section 15.21 as to all matters with respect to which the judgment would be an estoppel between the parties to the suit. This section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3034, ch. 519, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.15.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 d0fce2ef3df7b7571cd3e54014e802be769439b4404f06dc719edbd87d98c392
- Composed by
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.05UNLAWFUL PRACTICES.Printed as Section 15.05
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.20CIVIL SUITS BY THE STATE.Printed as Section 15.20 or 15.22
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.21SUITS BY INJURED PERSONS OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.Printed as Section 15.21
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.22CRIMINAL SUITS.Printed as Section 15.20 or 15.22
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.