Tex. Occ. Code § 203.503 · Subchapter K. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
VENUE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Venue for a civil action arising out of the imposition of an administrative penalty is in the county in which the defendant resides or in the county in which the violation occurred.
(b) Venue for the civil action may be changed only after a good faith effort has been made to address the violation in the county in which venue is proper.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.038, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.203.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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