Tex. Finance Code § 119.201: ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH SUBTITLE.

(a) The commissioner may require a savings bank that knowingly violates this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle to pay to the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending an administrative penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day that the violation occurs after notice of the violation is given by the commissioner.

(b) On the commissioner's certification that a savings bank has not paid a penalty assessed under this section, the attorney general may file suit to collect the penalty.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1018 (H.B. 955), Sec. 3.04, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 6.051, eff. September 1, 2007.