Sec. 111.263. PENALTY RECOVERABLE BY STATE AND AGGRIEVED PARTY

(a) Any person who violates a provision of Subchapter C, D, F, or G of this chapter or Section 111.004, 111.025, 111.131 through 111.133, 111.136, 111.137, or 111.140 of this code, a rule promulgated under these subchapters or sections, or an order passed by the commission under these subchapters or sections or one of these rules, on violation, is subject to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense recoverable in the name of the state in a district court in Travis County. Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.

(b) One-half of the penalty may be recovered by and for the use of any person against whom there is an unlawful discrimination as defined in Subchapter D of this chapter, and this suit shall be brought in the name of and for the use of the party or parties aggrieved.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2591, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.