Sec. 1001.553. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY

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(a) After an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may impose an administrative penalty on a person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,000 a day for each violation.
(c) The attorney general, at the request of the agency, may bring an action to collect the penalty.
(d) A penalty imposed under this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law, including injunctive relief.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 6.012(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

                    
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