{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-753.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 753.010","heading":"CIVIL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who violates a rule adopted under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty of not more than $100 for each day the person violates the rule.\n(b) The civil penalty is recoverable in a district court in:\n(1) Travis County;\n(2) the county in which the person resides; or\n(3) the county in which the violation occurs.\n(c) At the board's request, the attorney general shall institute and conduct a suit in the name of the state to recover the penalty.\n(d) The civil penalty provided by this section may be in addition to or in lieu of the criminal penalty prescribed by Section 753.011.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 753. FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.753.htm#753.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"39f5bb4dd243959455fa40260808882cc9c19a43cc42710bf4d9fa8e432dffd4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-753.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-753.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}