- (a) The attorney general may file suit for an injunction prohibiting a person from engaging in the business of selling taxable items subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter if the person engages in that business and does not have a valid permit or retailer's registration issued to him by the comptroller for each place of business.
- (b) The attorney general shall bring suit against a person whose name is certified to him under Section 151.259(b) of this code, the person's sureties, or both, to collect the amount of delinquent tax due.
- (c) The attorney general may bring suit on a surety bond against the sureties without making the person who is the principal obligor a party to the suit.
- (d) Venue for a suit under this section is in Travis County.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1558, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.