Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 321.102 — VIOLATION OF CHAPTER: GENERAL CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

BC § 321.102Title 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Part B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS · Ch. 321. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC MAIL · Art. C. ENFORCEMENT

(a)A person who violates this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the lesser of:

(1)$10 for each unlawful message or unlawful action; or

(2)$25,000 for each day an unlawful message is received or each day an unlawful action is taken.

(b)The attorney general or a prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurs may:

(1)bring an action to recover the civil penalty; and

(2)obtain an injunction to prevent or restrain a violation of this chapter.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.