Tex. Gov't Code § 403.0247 · Subchapter B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
NONCOMPLIANCE; CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "local development agreement" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.0246.
(b) If a local government that enters into a local development agreement has not complied with a requirement to provide information under Section 403.0246 of this code or Section 380.004 or 381.005, Local Government Code, the comptroller shall send a notice to the local government. The notice must be in writing, describe the information that must be submitted to the comptroller, and inform the local government that if the information is not provided on or before the 30th day after the date the notice is provided, the local government will be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.
(c) If a local government does not report the required information as prescribed by Subsection (b), the local government is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $1,000.
(d) The attorney general may sue to collect a civil penalty imposed under this section.
(e) It is a defense to an action brought under this section that the local government provided the required information or documents to the extent the information or documents are not exempt from disclosure or confidential under Chapter 552.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 208 (H.B. 2404), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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