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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 2 - General Provisions Relating to Licensing
Chapter 51 - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Subchapter G. Other Penalties and Enforcement Provisions
Section 51.352. Injunctive Relief; Civil Penalty

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TX Occ Code § 51.352 (2025)
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Sec. 51.352. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation by and to collect a civil penalty from a person that appears to be in violation of or threatening to violate a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the department or a rule or order of the commission or executive director related to the regulatory program. A civil penalty assessed under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.

(b) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.

(c) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 37, eff. June 14, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 669 (H.B. 2310), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.

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