Tex. Occ. Code § 51.352 · Subchapter G. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation by and to collect a civil penalty from a person that appears to be in violation of or threatening to violate a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the department or a rule or order of the commission or executive director related to the regulatory program. A civil penalty assessed under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.
(b) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.
(c) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 37, eff. June 14, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 669 (H.B. 2310), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
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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Cited by 10 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 51.352. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
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- Tex. Occ. Code § 203.502INJUNCTIONS.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1304.202INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1305.302CEASE AND DESIST ORDER; INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1806.206AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 2303.305CEASE AND DESIST ORDER; INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 2308.502CEASE AND DESIST ORDER; INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
- Tex. Occ. Code § 2309.252CEASE AND DESIST ORDER; INJUNCTION; CIVIL PENALTY.Printed as Section 51.352
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