Tex. Health & Safety Code § 174.010 · Chapter 174. SECURITY OF GENETIC INFORMATION
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A medical facility, research facility, company, or nonprofit organization that violates this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under this section.
(c) An action under this section may be brought in a district court in:
(1) Travis County; or
(2) a county in which any part of the violation occurs.
(d) The attorney general shall deposit a civil penalty collected under this section in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(e) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining a civil penalty under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (H.B. 130), Sec. 1, 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/HS/htm/HS.174.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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