In addition to requesting a temporary or permanent injunction under Section 541.201, the attorney general may request a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation on a finding by the court that the defendant has engaged in or is engaging in an act or practice defined as unlawful under:

1. (1) this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
2. (2) Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.