Sec. 21.154.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  A person, including an officer, agent, servant, or employee of a corporation, is liable for a civil penalty if the person:
(1)  violates this chapter;
(2)  violates an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the department adopted under this chapter;  or
(3)  procures or aids a violation of this chapter.
(b)  A penalty under this section may not exceed $100 a day for each day of the violation.
(c)  The attorney general or the county or district attorney in the county in which the violation occurs shall institute and conduct a suit for the penalty:
(1)  in the county in which the violation occurs;  and
(2)  in the name of the state.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.