Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8813.109 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000, as determined by the board, for each violation or each day of a continuing violation. The person shall pay the penalty to the authority.
(b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty in a district court in the county where the violation occurred.
(c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.
(d) The authority may bring an action for an administrative penalty and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 893 (S.B. 1798), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8813.htm
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