Section 2302.351 - Injunctions(a) The prosecutor in the county where a motor vehicle salvage yard is located or the city attorney in the municipality where the salvage yard is located may bring suit to enjoin for a period of less than one year a violation of this chapter.(b) If a salvage vehicle dealer or an employee of the dealer acting in the course of employment is convicted of more than one offense under Section 2302.353(a), the district attorney for a county in which the dealer's salvage business is located may bring an action in that county to enjoin the dealer's business operations for a period of at least one year.(c) An action under Subsection (b) must be brought in the name of the state. If judgment is in favor of the state, the court shall: (1) enjoin the dealer from maintaining or participating in the business of a salvage vehicle dealer for a definite period of at least one year or indefinitely, as determined by the court; and(2) order that the dealer's place of business be closed for the same period.Tex. Occ. Code § 2302.351
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 594,Sec. 2.11, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 17.07, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. 6/1/2003.