Tex. Util. Code § 121.303 · Subchapter G. ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES
PENALTY RECOVERABLE BY VICTIM OF DISCRIMINATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 for each violation is recoverable by any person against whom discrimination prohibited by Section 121.104 is committed.
(b) A suit to collect a penalty under this section must be brought in the name of and for the benefit of the person aggrieved.
(c) A person who recovers a penalty under this section is also entitled to reasonable attorney's fees.
(d) The penalty under this section is in addition to a penalty under Section 121.302.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.121.htm
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