Sec. 89.102. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The commissioner may require an association that knowingly violates this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle to pay to the Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending an administrative penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day that the violation occurs after notice of the violation is given by the commissioner.

(b) On the commissioner's certification that an association has not paid a penalty assessed under this section, the attorney general may file suit to collect the penalty.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 6.036, eff. September 1, 2007.