Sec. 21.154. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person, including an officer, agent, servant, or employee of a corporation, is liable for a civil penalty if the person:
(1) violates this chapter;
(2) violates an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the department adopted under this chapter; or
(3) procures or aids a violation of this chapter.
(b) A penalty under this section may not exceed $100 a day for each day of the violation.
(c) The attorney general or the county or district attorney in the county in which the violation occurs shall institute and conduct a suit for the penalty:
(1) in the county in which the violation occurs; and
(2) in the name of the state.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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