Sec. 54.019.  IMPRISONMENT;  CONTEMPT.  (a)  A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter.
(b)  This subchapter does not affect the power of a court to imprison a person for contempt of valid court orders or the availability of remedies or procedures for the collection of a judgment assessing civil penalties.  The remedies under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are preserved.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.