Tex. Util. Code § 15.028 · Subchapter B. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
CIVIL PENALTY AGAINST PUBLIC UTILITY, PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE PROVIDER, OR AFFILIATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A public utility, customer-owned pay telephone service provider under Section 55.178, or affiliate is subject to a civil penalty if the utility, provider, or affiliate knowingly violates this title, fails to perform a duty imposed on it, or fails or refuses to obey an order, rule, direction, or requirement of the commission or a decree or judgment of a court.
(b) A civil penalty under this section shall be in an amount of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for each violation.
(c) A public utility or affiliate commits a separate violation each day it continues to violate Subsection (a).
(d) The attorney general shall file in the name of the commission a suit on the attorney general's own initiative or at the request of the commission to recover the civil penalty under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.15.htm
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Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 39.101CUSTOMER SAFEGUARDS.Printed as Section 15.028
- Tex. Util. Code § 55.178NOTICE OF INABILITY TO RECEIVE CALLS.Printed as Section 15.028
- Tex. Util. Code § 184.014RULES.Printed as Sections 15.021, 15.022, 15.028, 15.029, 15.030, 15.031, 15.032, and 15.033
- Tex. Util. Code § 184.052RULES.Printed as Sections 15.021, 15.022, 15.028, 15.029, 15.030, 15.031, 15.032, and 15.033
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