Sec. 72.05.  ALTERNATIVE FINE.  Notwithstanding any other law, a court, after a hearing, may impose a fine, instead of an otherwise applicable fine, on a person convicted of an offense under Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, through which the person derived pecuniary value or by which the person caused personal injury, property damage, or other loss, that does not exceed:
(1)  the greater of:
(A)  three times the gross value gained as a result of the offense; or
(B)  three times the gross loss caused as a result of the offense; and
(2)  the amount of the court costs and the reasonably incurred costs of investigation and prosecution.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.