{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-248a.259","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.259","heading":"COLLECTION OF PENALTY.","body":"(a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected.\n(b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty and may recover reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred in recovering the penalty.\n(c) A penalty collected under this subchapter shall be deposited in the state treasury in the general revenue fund.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 248A. PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER F. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.248A.htm#248A.259","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a4753b392a3fbb10e5aff3527289c8e9f57b5cdbd5fb97a7c219621f11a7eaf3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-248a.258","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-248a.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}