Sec. 14.251. ASSESSMENT OF PENALTY; RESTITUTION ORDER. (a) The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty against a person who knowingly and wilfully violates or causes a violation of this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4.
(a-1) The commissioner shall assess an administrative penalty against a credit access business who knowingly and wilfully violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393, or a rule adopted under Chapter 393.
(b) The commissioner may order a person who violates or causes a violation of Section 339.001, this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under Section 339.001, this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a credit access business who violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393 or a rule adopted under Chapter 393, to make restitution to an identifiable person injured by the violation.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1302 (H.B. 2594), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2012.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 63 (H.B. 2548), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
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