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2024 Texas Statutes
Business and Commerce Code
Title 11 - Personal Identity Information
Subtitle A - Identifying Information
Chapter 501 - Protection of Driver's License and Social Security Numbers
Subchapter B. Privacy Policy to Protect Social Security Numbers
Section 501.053. Civil Penalty; Injunction
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TX Bus & Com Code § 501.053 (2024)
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Sec. 501.053. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION. (a) A person who violates Section 501.052(a) is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for each calendar month during which a violation occurs. The civil penalty may not be imposed for more than one violation that occurs in a month. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurs may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under this section.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to restrain or enjoin a person from violating Section 501.052(a).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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