Tex. Occ. Code § 51.213 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general shall designate at least one member of the attorney general's staff to counsel and advise the commission and to represent the commission in legal proceedings. The attorney general shall make available to the appropriate prosecuting attorneys any information obtained regarding a violation of a law under the commission's jurisdiction.
(b) The attorney general may apply for injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce a law under the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted by the commission. Action by the attorney general under this subsection does not limit the authority of the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to bring a criminal proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 284, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Section 467.105 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (S.B. 3070), Sec. 55, eff. June 20, 2025.
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.51.htm
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