Tex. Tax Code § 151.262
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 151.262, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 151.262. SUITS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Official statutory text
(a) The attorney general may file suit for an injunction prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of selling taxable items subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter if the person engages in that business and does not have a valid permit or retailer's registration issued to him by the comptroller for each place of business.
(b) The attorney general shall bring suit against a person whose name is certified to him under Section 151.259(b) of this code, the person's sureties, or both, to collect the amount of delinquent tax due.
(c) The attorney general may bring suit on a surety bond against the sureties without making the person who is the principal obligor a party to the suit.
(d) Venue for a suit under this section is in Travis County.
(b) The attorney general shall bring suit against a person whose name is certified to him under Section 151.259(b) of this code, the person's sureties, or both, to collect the amount of delinquent tax due.
(c) The attorney general may bring suit on a surety bond against the sureties without making the person who is the principal obligor a party to the suit.
(d) Venue for a suit under this section is in Travis County.
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