Tex. Lab. Code § 419.004 · Chapter 419. MISUSE OF DIVISION NAME
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who violates Section 419.002 or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each violation.
(b) The attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, shall bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section in a district court in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.287, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.419.htm
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