Sec. 1303.404. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates this chapter is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,500 for each violation or $50,000 in the aggregate for all violations of a similar nature.
(b) The commission may bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section.
(c) For purposes of this section, violations are of a similar nature if the violations consist of the same or a similar course of conduct, action, or practice, regardless of the number of times the conduct, act, or practice occurred.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.
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