(a) The attorney general may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining a civil penalty under this subchapter, including:
- (1) court costs;
- (2) reasonable attorney's fees;
- (3) investigative costs;
- (4) witness fees; and
- (5) deposition expenses.
- (b) A civil penalty recovered by the attorney general under this subchapter shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.