Texas § 1702.383 ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTION.

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§ 1702.383 — ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTION.

Texas § 1702.383

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Bluebook

Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 1702.383 (2026).

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Sec. 1702.383. ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTION. If a person has violated a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is imposed under Section 1702.381 , an attorney for the department, the attorney general's office, or any criminal prosecutor in this state may institute a civil suit in a Travis County district court or in a district court in the county in which the violation occurred for injunctive relief under Section 1702.382 or for assessment and recovery of the civil penalty.

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Sec. 1702.383. ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTION. If a person has violated a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is imposed under Section 1702.381 , an attorney for the department, the attorney general's office, or any criminal prosecutor in this state may institute a civil suit in a Travis County district court or in a district court in the county in which the violation occurred for injunctive relief under Section 1702.382 or for assessment and recovery of the civil penalty.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.672, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 906 (H.B. 2833 ), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2007.