Sec. 371.306.  PENALTY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.  (a)  A pawnbroker who contracts for, charges, or collects a pawn service charge that is greater than the amount authorized by this chapter or otherwise violates this chapter:
(1)  is liable for twice the amount of the pawn service charge contracted for;  and
(2)  shall return the goods pledged in connection with the pawn transaction on request of the pledgor and payment of the balance due.
(b)  A pawnbroker who contracts for, charges, or collects a pawn service charge that is greater than twice the amount authorized by this chapter:
(1)  is not entitled to collect any amount on the pawn transaction;  and
(2)  shall return the goods pledged in connection with the pawn transaction on request of the pledgor.
(c)  Subsection (a) or (b) does not apply to a violation that results from an accidental and bona fide error, corrected upon discovery.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.