Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 140B.101 – Civil Remedies
Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 140B.101
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
A district court may, after making due provision for the rights of innocent persons, enjoin conduct constituting an offense under § 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code, by issuing appropriate orders and judgments, including:
(1) ordering a defendant to divest of any interest in any enterprise, including real property;
(2) imposing reasonable restrictions on the future activities or investments of a defendant, including prohibiting a defendant from engaging in the same type of endeavor as the enterprise in which the defendant was engaged in conduct constituting an offense under § 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code;
(3) ordering the dissolution or reorganization of an enterprise;
(4) ordering the suspension or revocation of a license, permit, or approval previously granted to an enterprise by any state agency; or
(5) ordering the forfeiture of the charter of a corporation organized under the laws of this state, or the revocation of a certificate allowing a foreign corporation to conduct business within this state, on finding that:
(A) the board of directors or a managerial agent acting on behalf of the corporation, in conducting the affairs of the corporation, has authorized or engaged in conduct constituting an offense under § 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code; and
(B) for the prevention of future criminal activity, the public interest requires the charter of the corporation forfeited and the corporation dissolved or the certificate revoked.