Texas Education Code

§ 132.155 — CIVIL PENALTY

ED § 132.155Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM · Ch. 132. CAREER SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES · Art. F. PROHIBITED ACTS

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(a)A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty in addition to any injunctive relief or other remedy provided by law. The civil penalty may not exceed $1,000 a day for each violation.

(b)The attorney general, at the request of the commission, may bring a civil action to collect a civil penalty under this section.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 813, Sec. 4.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Redesignated from Education Code Sec. 32.63 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 2, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 11.48, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.