Sec. 604.302.  AMOUNT OF PENALTY.  (a)  The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 for each violation.  Each day a violation continues is a separate violation.
(b)  The amount of the penalty shall be based on:
(1)  the seriousness of the violation;
(2)  the history of previous violations;
(3)  the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
(4)  efforts made to correct the violation;  and
(5)  any other matter that justice requires.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.