Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 100B.003 · Chapter 100B. LIABILITY FOR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION
CIVIL PENALTY FOR DISSEMINATION OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally disseminates artificially generated media or a phishing communication for purposes of financial exploitation is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 per day the media or communication is disseminated. The attorney general may bring an action to collect the civil penalty.
(b) An action brought by the attorney general under this section shall be filed in a district court:
(1) in Travis County; or
(2) in any county in which all or part of the events or omissions giving rise to the action occurred.
(c) This section may not be construed to impose liability, for content provided by another person, on:
(1) the provider of an interactive computer service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 230(f);
(2) a telecommunications service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 153; or
(3) a radio or television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 2373), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.100B.V2.htm
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- sha256 395cf155bee346356d38320d33d3325639176aea1279d969ffd652e1d84e6d8e
- 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
- the Legislature enacted more than one unit numbered 100B.003; this is the one the Council prints in cp.100b.v2.htm
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