Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140A.101 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
SUIT TO ABATE RACKETEERING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state against a person or enterprise for racketeering and may seek civil penalties, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and appropriate injunctive relief.
(b) This chapter does not authorize suit by a person or enterprise that sustains injury as a result of racketeering.
(c) A suit under this chapter must be brought in a district court in a county in which all or part of the alleged racketeering offense giving rise to the suit occurred.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 3241), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Redesignated from Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Chapter 140 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 21.001(5), eff. September 1, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 140A.003 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140A.htm
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