{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1002.452","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1002.452","heading":"AMOUNT OF PENALTY.","body":"(a) The board may include in the amount of the administrative penalty the actual costs of investigating and prosecuting the violation.\n(b) The amount of the penalty may not exceed $1,500 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.\n(c) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:\n(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:\n(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited acts; and\n(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;\n(2) the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;\n(3) the history of previous violations;\n(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;\n(5) efforts or resistance to efforts to correct the violation; and\n(6) any other matter that justice may require.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.004(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 31 (H.B. 1311), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 6. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LAND SURVEYING, AND RELATED PRACTICES","SUBTITLE A. REGULATION OF ENGINEERING AND RELATED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 1002. GEOSCIENTISTS","SUBCHAPTER J. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1002.htm#1002.452","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2079166b5717f884c21ece2d810b5aa858472cc4aa85740f35f672143d61122c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1002.451","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1002.453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}