Sec. 402.007. PAYMENT TO TREASURY; ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN PENALTIES

(a) The attorney general shall immediately pay into the state treasury money received for a debt or penalty.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), the comptroller shall credit to the judicial fund for programs approved by the supreme court that provide basic civil legal services to the indigent the net amount of a civil penalty that is recovered in an action by the attorney general in any matter actionable under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, after deducting amounts allocated to or retained by the attorney general as authorized by law, unless:

(1) another law requires that the penalty be credited to a different fund or account; or

(2) the judgment awarding the penalty requires that the penalty be paid to another named recipient.

(c) The total amount credited to the judicial fund for programs approved by the supreme court that provide basic civil legal services to the indigent under Subsection (b) may not exceed $10 million per state fiscal biennium.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 853 , Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.