Sec. 18.054. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION. (a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted by the department under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of assessment of a civil penalty under this section.
(b) A civil penalty recovered by the department under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund. A civil penalty recovered in an action instituted by a local government under this section shall be equally divided between this state and the local government, with 50 percent of the penalty recovered paid to the general revenue fund and the other 50 percent to the general fund of the local government instituting the action.
(c) On request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred shall bring an action to collect the civil penalty.
(d) The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter. On the request of the department, the attorney general or the county attorney or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or occurring shall bring an action for the injunctive relief. Venue for the action lies in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or occurring.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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