Section 401.381 - General Civil Penalties(a) A person who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a violation of this chapter, a department rule or order, or a license or registration condition is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $25,000 for each violation and for each day that a continuing violation occurs.(b) The attorney general may file suit to recover a civil penalty under this section in a district court in Travis County or in the county in which the violation occurred. If the attorney general seeks to recover civil penalties for violations that have occurred in more than one county, the attorney general may join all of the violations in one suit and may file the suit either in a district court in Travis County or in a district court in a county in which at least one of the violations occurred.(c) The civil penalty provided by this section is cumulative of any other remedy provided by law.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.381
Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1009, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2001.Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 51, eff. 9/1/1997Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.237, eff. 9/1/1995 Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.