Tex. Occ. Code § 1954.402 · Subchapter I. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person required to be licensed under this chapter commits an offense if the person:
(1) removes asbestos from a public building or encapsulates the asbestos without a license after having been previously assessed a civil or administrative penalty for removing or encapsulating asbestos without a license; or
(2) fails to keep records as required by Section 1954.251 after having been previously assessed a civil or administrative penalty for failing to keep records.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $20,000, unless the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $25,000;
(2) confinement in jail for not more than two years; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1954.htm
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