If a person has violated a provision of this chapter for which a penalty is imposed under Section 1702.381, an attorney for the department, the attorney general's office, or any criminal prosecutor in this state may institute a civil suit in a Travis County district court or in a district court in the county in which the violation occurred for injunctive relief under Section 1702.382 or for assessment and recovery of the civil penalty.
Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.383
ACTION FOR CIVIL PENALTY OR INJUNCTION
Known as the Private Security Act
The act spans §§ 1702–1702 (150 sections).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
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