Sec. 507.352.  AMOUNT OF PENALTY.  (a)  The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.
(b)  The amount of the penalty must be based on:
(1)  the seriousness of the violation, including:
(A)  the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of any prohibited act; and
(B)  the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;
(2)  the economic harm to property or the environment caused by the violation;
(3)  the history of previous violations;
(4)  the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
(5)  efforts made to correct the violation; and
(6)  any other matter that justice may require.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 1.001, eff. September 1, 2019.