Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.105
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§ 552.105. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.
Official statutory text
(a) A person who violates this chapter and does not cure the violation under Section 552.104 is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount of:
(1) for each violation the court determines to be curable or a breach of a statement submitted to the attorney general under Section 552.104(b)(2), not less than $10,000 and not more than $12,000;
(2) for each violation the court determines to be uncurable, not less than $80,000 and not more than $200,000; and
(3) for a continued violation, not less than $2,000 and not more than $40,000 for each day the violation continues.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of this state to:
(1) collect a civil penalty under this section;
(2) seek injunctive relief against further violation of this chapter; and
(3) recover attorney's fees and reasonable court costs or other investigative expenses.
(c) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person used reasonable care as required under this chapter.
(d) A defendant in an action under this section may seek an expedited hearing or other process, including a request for declaratory judgment, if the person believes in good faith that the person has not violated this chapter.
(e) A defendant in an action under this section may not be found liable if:
(1) another person uses the artificial intelligence system affiliated with the defendant in a manner prohibited by this chapter; or
(2) the defendant discovers a violation of this chapter through:
(A) feedback from a developer, deployer, or other person who believes a violation has occurred;
(B) testing, including adversarial testing or red-team testing;
(C) following guidelines set by applicable state agencies; or
(D) if the defendant substantially complies with the most recent version of the "Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile" published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or another nationally or internationally recognized risk management framework for artificial intelligence systems, an internal review process.
(f) The attorney general may not bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section against a person for an artificial intelligence system that has not been deployed.
(1) for each violation the court determines to be curable or a breach of a statement submitted to the attorney general under Section 552.104(b)(2), not less than $10,000 and not more than $12,000;
(2) for each violation the court determines to be uncurable, not less than $80,000 and not more than $200,000; and
(3) for a continued violation, not less than $2,000 and not more than $40,000 for each day the violation continues.
(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of this state to:
(1) collect a civil penalty under this section;
(2) seek injunctive relief against further violation of this chapter; and
(3) recover attorney's fees and reasonable court costs or other investigative expenses.
(c) There is a rebuttable presumption that a person used reasonable care as required under this chapter.
(d) A defendant in an action under this section may seek an expedited hearing or other process, including a request for declaratory judgment, if the person believes in good faith that the person has not violated this chapter.
(e) A defendant in an action under this section may not be found liable if:
(1) another person uses the artificial intelligence system affiliated with the defendant in a manner prohibited by this chapter; or
(2) the defendant discovers a violation of this chapter through:
(A) feedback from a developer, deployer, or other person who believes a violation has occurred;
(B) testing, including adversarial testing or red-team testing;
(C) following guidelines set by applicable state agencies; or
(D) if the defendant substantially complies with the most recent version of the "Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile" published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or another nationally or internationally recognized risk management framework for artificial intelligence systems, an internal review process.
(f) The attorney general may not bring an action to collect a civil penalty under this section against a person for an artificial intelligence system that has not been deployed.
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