Texas Occupations Code 504.310 – Collection of Penalty
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(a) In this section, “reasonable expenses and costs” includes expenses incurred by the department and the attorney general in the investigation, initiation, or prosecution of an action, including reasonable investigative costs, court costs, attorney’s fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.
(b) If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed under Section 504.307, the department may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of the penalty.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 504.310
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The department may assess reasonable expenses and costs against a person in an administrative hearing if, as a result of the hearing, an administrative penalty is assessed against the person. The person shall pay expenses and costs assessed under this subsection not later than the 30th day after the date the order of the department requiring the payment of expenses and costs is final. The department may refer the matter to the attorney general for collection of expenses and costs.
(d) If the attorney general brings an action against a person to enforce an administrative penalty assessed under this chapter and the person is found liable for the administrative penalty, the attorney general may recover, on behalf of the attorney general and the department, reasonable expenses and costs.