Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 20.11 · Subchapter D. ENFORCEMENT
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general may file a suit against a person for:
(1) injunctive relief to prevent or restrain a violation of this chapter; or
(2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for each violation of this chapter.
(b) If the attorney general brings an action against a person under Subsection (a) and an injunction is granted against the person or the person is found liable for a civil penalty, the attorney general may recover reasonable expenses, court costs, investigative costs, and attorney's fees.
(c) Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1326, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Assigned by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (S.B. 60), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.20.htm
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