1. (a) A person who wilfully violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for:

   1. (1) each act of violation; and
   2. (2) each day of violation.

2. (b) The attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, shall bring a suit in the name of the state to recover the civil penalty. The suit must be brought:

   1. (1) in Travis County or the county in which the person resides;
   2. (2) if more than one person commits the violation, in the county in which any of the persons resides; or
   3. (3) in the county in which the violation allegedly occurred.

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