Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.255
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 304.255, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 304.255. STAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The enforcement of an administrative penalty imposed under this subchapter may be stayed during the time the order is under judicial review if the person on whom the penalty is imposed pays the penalty to the clerk of the court or files a supersedeas bond with the court in the amount of the penalty.
(b) A person who cannot afford to pay the penalty or file the bond may stay the enforcement by filing an affidavit in the manner required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for a party who cannot afford to file security for costs, subject to the right to contest the affidavit as provided by those rules.
(b) A person who cannot afford to pay the penalty or file the bond may stay the enforcement by filing an affidavit in the manner required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure for a party who cannot afford to file security for costs, subject to the right to contest the affidavit as provided by those rules.
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