Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170A.005 · Chapter 170A. PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who violates Section 170A.002 is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100,000 for each violation. The attorney general shall file an action to recover a civil penalty assessed under this section and may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the action.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 800 (H.B. 1280), Sec. 2, eff. August 25, 2022.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.170A.htm
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