Collection of Penalty

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.259, under Chapter 248A.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 248A.259

Sec. 248A.259. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) If the person does not pay the penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected. (b) The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty and may recover reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred in recovering the penalty. (c) A penalty collected under this subchapter shall be deposited in the state treasury in the general revenue fund. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1168 (S.B. 492), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2015.