Tex. Finance Code § 14.251
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 14.251, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 14.251. ASSESSMENT OF PENALTY; RESTITUTION ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty against a person who knowingly and wilfully violates or causes a violation of this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4.
(a-1) The commissioner shall assess an administrative penalty against a credit access business who knowingly and wilfully violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393, or a rule adopted under Chapter 393.
(b) The commissioner may order the following businesses or other persons to pay restitution to an identifiable person:
(1) a person who violates or causes a violation of this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4;
(2) a credit access business who violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393 or a rule adopted under Chapter 393; or
(3) a person who violates or causes a violation of Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, or a rule adopted under that subchapter.
(a-1) The commissioner shall assess an administrative penalty against a credit access business who knowingly and wilfully violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393, or a rule adopted under Chapter 393.
(b) The commissioner may order the following businesses or other persons to pay restitution to an identifiable person:
(1) a person who violates or causes a violation of this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4, or a rule adopted under this chapter, Chapter 394, or Subtitle B, Title 4;
(2) a credit access business who violates or causes a violation of Chapter 393 or a rule adopted under Chapter 393; or
(3) a person who violates or causes a violation of Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, or a rule adopted under that subchapter.
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