Sept. 1, 1997. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation for purposes of civil penalty assessment. A civil penalty collected under this section in a suit filed by a county or district attorney shall be divided between the state and the county in which the county or district attorney brought suit, with 50 percent of the amount collected paid to the state for deposit in the general revenue fund and 50 percent of the amount collected paid to the county. The department is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent or abate a violation of this chapter or an order adopted under this chapter. On request of the department, the attorney general or the county or district attorney of the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or occurring shall file suit for the injunctive relief.
Venue is in the county in which the alleged violation is threatened or is occurring.
A person is not subject to both a criminal penalty under Section 19.012 and a civil penalty under this section for the same violation of law. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg. June 8, 1995. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg. June 8, 1995.