Texas Insurance Code

§ 541.204 — CIVIL PENALTY

IN § 541.204Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 541. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES · Art. E. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL

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In addition to requesting a temporary or permanent injunction under Section 541.201, the attorney general may request a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation on a finding by the court that the defendant has engaged in or is engaging in an act or practice defined as unlawful under:

(1)this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(2)Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.