Tex. Occupations Code § 51.352
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 51.352, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 51.352. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The attorney general or the executive director may institute an action for injunctive relief to restrain a violation by and to collect a civil penalty from a person that appears to be in violation of or threatening to violate a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the department or a rule or order of the commission or executive director related to the regulatory program. A civil penalty assessed under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 per day for each violation.
(b) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.
(c) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
(b) An action filed under this section must be filed in a district court in Travis County.
(c) The attorney general and the department may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining injunctive relief under this section, including court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, investigative costs, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
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