Section 8813.109 - Administrative Penalty; Injunction(a) A person who violates a rule or order of the authority is subject to an administrative penalty of not more than $5,000, as determined by the board, for each violation or each day of a continuing violation. The person shall pay the penalty to the authority.(b) The authority may bring an action to recover the penalty in a district court in the county where the violation occurred.(c) The authority may bring an action for injunctive relief in a district court in the county where a violation of an authority rule or order occurs or is threatened to occur. The court may grant to the authority, without bond or other undertaking, a prohibitory or mandatory injunction that the facts warrant, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.(d) The authority may bring an action for an administrative penalty and injunctive relief in the same proceeding.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8813.109
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 893, Sec. 1, eff. 6/17/2005.