Tex. Health & Safety Code § 369.003 · Chapter 369. PLASTIC CONTAINERS
PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who violates Section 369.002(a) or (b) is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each act of violation.
(b) If it appears that a person has violated or is violating Section 369.002, the attorney general or a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of this state to recover the civil penalty imposed under this section.
(c) A civil penalty recovered under this section shall be deposited:
(1) in the state treasury if the attorney general brings the suit; or
(2) in the general fund of the county in which the violation occurred if a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney brings the suit.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 131, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.369.htm
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