Tex. Occ. Code § 507.352 · Subchapter H. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
AMOUNT OF PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.
(b) The amount of the penalty must be based on:
(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:
(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act; and
(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;
(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;
(3) the history of previous violations;
(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
(5) efforts made to correct the violation; and
(6) any other matter that justice may require.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 1.001, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.507.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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