{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2306.042","heading":"AMOUNT OF PENALTY.","body":"(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.\n(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:\n(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:\n(A) the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act; and\n(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;\n(2) the history of previous violations;\n(3) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;\n(4) efforts made to correct the violation; and\n(5) any other matter that justice may require.\n(c) The board by rule or through procedures adopted by the board and published in the Texas Register shall develop a standardized penalty schedule based on the criteria listed in Subsection (b).\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 1908), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE G. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS","CHAPTER 2306. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS","SUBCHAPTER B. GOVERNING BOARD AND DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2306.htm#2306.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"739527f8fea74c6ba75e89ab61aebee1d139aebba0cad49014256bf07ec05ca3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2306.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}