Tex. Gov't Code § 92.007 · Chapter 92. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS
CIVIL REMEDIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the covered information of an at-risk individual or an immediate family member of the individual is made public as a result of a violation of this chapter, the at-risk individual may bring an action in a court seeking injunctive or declaratory relief.
(b) If the plaintiff prevails in an action brought under Subsection (a), the court, in addition to issuing an order for injunctive or declaratory relief, may:
(1) impose a fine of $500 for each day the covered information remains public after the date on which the order for injunctive or declaratory relief is issued; and
(2) if the defendant is not a state agency, award to the at-risk individual, or the individual's immediate family, exemplary damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 672 (H.B. 5081), Sec. 2, 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/GV/htm/GV.92.htm
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- 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
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