2021 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 9 - Safety
Subtitle A - Public Safety
Chapter 754 - Elevators, Escalators, and Related Equipment
Section 754.0233. Injunctive Relief; Civil Penalty
Sec. 754.0233. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action for injunctive relief to prevent or restrain a violation or threatened violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action to collect a civil penalty from a person that appears to be violating or threatening to violate this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. A civil penalty assessed under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.
(c) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.
(d) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief or civil penalties under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 558 (S.B. 673), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2013.
