{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-484.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 484.003","heading":"CIVIL PENALTY.","body":"(a) The attorney general or a district, county, or city attorney may institute an action in district court to collect a civil penalty from a person who in the course of business produces, distributes, sells, or offers for sale a mislabeled abusable synthetic substance.\n(b) The civil penalty may not exceed $25,000 a day for each offense. Each day an offense is committed constitutes a separate violation for purposes of the penalty assessment.\n(c) The court shall consider the following in determining the amount of the penalty:\n(1) the person's history of any previous offenses under Section 484.002 or under Section 32.42(b)(4), Penal Code, relating to the sale of a mislabeled abusable synthetic substance;\n(2) the seriousness of the offense;\n(3) any hazard posed to the public health and safety by the offense; and\n(4) demonstrations of good faith by the person charged.\n(d) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the city or county in which the offense occurred or in Travis County.\n(e) A civil penalty recovered in a suit instituted by a local government under this section shall be paid to that local government.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 187 (S.B. 461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 484. ABUSABLE SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.484.htm#484.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"b792b09c2f99d3508c4bd920153aac96b18f11c5ff85aa1b46a2196d015314c1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-484.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-484.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}