Texas § GV.552.1425 - CIVIL PENALTY
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§ GV.552.1425. CIVIL PENALTY
CIVIL PENALTY: DISSEMINATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION. (a) A private entity that compiles and disseminates for compensation criminal history record information may not compile or disseminate information with respect to which the entity has received notice that: (1) an order of expunction has been issued under Subchapter E or F, Chapter 55A , Code of Criminal Procedure; or (2) an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information has been issued under Subchapter E-1 , Chapter 411 . (b) A district court may issue a warning to a private entity for a first violation of Subsection (a). After receiving a warning for the first violation, the private entity is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each subsequent violation. (c) The attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney may sue to collect a civil penalty under this section. (d) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1236, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1017 (H.B. 1303 ), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1017 (H.B. 1303 ), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (S.B. 1056 ), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 731 (H.B. 961 ), Sec. 11, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1279 (S.B. 1902 ), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504 ), Sec. 2.100, eff. January 1, 2025.
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