Sec. 644.152.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who does not permit an inspection authorized by Section 644.104 is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000.
(b)  The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty in:
(1)  the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred;  or
(2)  Travis County.
(c)  The penalty provided by this section is in addition to the penalty provided by Section 644.151.
(d)  Each day a person refuses to permit an inspection described by Subsection (a) is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.151(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.