Tex. Local Government Code § 159.010
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 159.010, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 159.010. CIVIL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person who determines that a person required to file a financial statement under this subchapter has failed to do so may notify in writing:
(1) the county attorney or criminal district attorney; or
(2) the district attorney, if the person required to file the statement is the county attorney.
(b) On receipt of a written notice under Subsection (a), the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney shall determine from any available evidence whether the person to whom the notice relates has failed to file a statement. On making that determination, the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney shall immediately mail by certified mail a notice of the determination to the person responsible for filing the statement.
(c) If the person responsible for filing the statement fails to file the statement before the 30th day after the person receives the notice under Subsection (b), the person is civilly liable to the county for an amount not to exceed $1,000.
(d) A penalty paid under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.
(e) This section is cumulative of any other available sanctions for late filings of statements.
(1) the county attorney or criminal district attorney; or
(2) the district attorney, if the person required to file the statement is the county attorney.
(b) On receipt of a written notice under Subsection (a), the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney shall determine from any available evidence whether the person to whom the notice relates has failed to file a statement. On making that determination, the county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney shall immediately mail by certified mail a notice of the determination to the person responsible for filing the statement.
(c) If the person responsible for filing the statement fails to file the statement before the 30th day after the person receives the notice under Subsection (b), the person is civilly liable to the county for an amount not to exceed $1,000.
(d) A penalty paid under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.
(e) This section is cumulative of any other available sanctions for late filings of statements.
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