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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 644.152: CIVIL PENALTY.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
  3. SUBTITLE F. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES
  4. CHAPTER 644. COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT

(a) A person who does not permit an inspection authorized by Section 644.104 is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.

(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty in:

(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred; or

(2) Travis County.

(c) The penalty provided by this section is in addition to the penalty provided by Section 644.151.

(d) Each day a person refuses to permit an inspection described by Subsection (a) is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.151(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:44Z. Source file · JSON

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