Tex. Transp. Code § 21.154 · Subchapter D. INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person, including an officer, agent, servant, or employee of a corporation, is liable for a civil penalty if the person:
(1) violates this chapter;
(2) violates an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the department adopted under this chapter; or
(3) procures or aids a violation of this chapter.
(b) A penalty under this section may not exceed $100 a day for each day of the violation.
(c) The attorney general or the county or district attorney in the county in which the violation occurs shall institute and conduct a suit for the penalty:
(1) in the county in which the violation occurs; and
(2) in the name of the state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.21.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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