Tex. Gov't Code § 33.02115 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES
FALSE COMPLAINT; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may impose administrative sanctions, including an administrative penalty under Subsection (b), against a person who knowingly files a false complaint with the commission under this subchapter.
(b) The commission may impose on a person described by Subsection (a) an administrative penalty in the amount of:
(1) not more than $500 for the first false complaint;
(2) not more than $2,500 for the second false complaint; and
(3) not less than $5,000 but not more than $10,000 for each false complaint filed subsequent to the second.
(c) An order imposing an administrative penalty or other sanction under this section is a public record. The commission shall publish notice of the penalty or other sanction on the commission's Internet website.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (S.B. 293), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.33.htm
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