Sec. 7.107. DIVISION OF CIVIL PENALTY    


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  • Except in a suit brought for a violation of Chapter 28 of this code or of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, a civil penalty recovered in a suit brought under this subchapter by a local government shall be equally divided between:

    (1) the state; and

    (2) the local government that brought the suit.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.