Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 610.005 · Chapter 610. UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTION CATEGORIZATION
ENFORCEMENT; CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 610.006, the attorney general has exclusive authority to enforce this chapter.
(b) A person or entity who violates this chapter and fails to cure the violation in accordance with Section 610.004, or who breaches a written statement provided to the attorney general under that section, is liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 for each violation.
(c) The attorney general shall bring an action to:
(1) recover a civil penalty under this section; and
(2) restrain or enjoin a person or entity from violating this chapter.
(d) The attorney general may recover reasonable attorney's fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in investigating and bringing an action under this section.
(e) The attorney general shall deposit a civil penalty collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 514 (H.B. 2837), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.610.htm
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