Sec. 548.202.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who wilfully violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for:
(1)  each act of violation;  and
(2)  each day of violation.
(b)  The attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, shall bring a suit in the name of the state to recover the civil penalty.  The suit must be brought:
(1)  in Travis County or the county in which the person resides;
(2)  if more than one person commits the violation, in the county in which any of the persons resides;  or
(3)  in the county in which the violation allegedly occurred.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.