Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 100D.003 · Chapter 100D. LIABILITY FOR MALICIOUS SOLICITATION DURING DISASTER
DAMAGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court shall award a donee or donee's estate who prevails in an action brought under this chapter:
(1) 300 percent of the amount of donations the defendant collected on behalf of the donee; and
(2) reasonable and necessary attorney's fees.
(b) A court shall award a donor or a donor's estate who prevails in an action brought under this chapter:
(1) 300 percent of the amount of donations the defendant collected from the donor; and
(2) reasonable and necessary attorney's fees.
(c) Nothing in this section prevents a donee, donee's estate, donor, or donor's estate from pursuing a claim for exemplary damages under Chapter 41 for the defendant's malicious solicitation during a disaster.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 9 (H.B. 20), Sec. 4.01, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.100D.htm
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