Sec. 1954.352. AMOUNT OF PENALTY  


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  • (a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $10,000 a day for each violation. Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

    (b) In determining the amount of the penalty, the commissioner shall consider:

    (1) the seriousness of the violation;

    (2) any hazard created to the health and safety of the public;

    (3) the person's history of previous violations; and

    (4) any other matter that justice may require.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.