Section 509.008 - Civil Penalty(a) A data broker that violates Section 509.004 or 509.005 is liable to this state for a civil penalty as prescribed by this section. (b) A civil penalty imposed against a data broker under this section: (1) subject to Subdivision (2), may not be in an amount less than the total of: (A) $100 for each day the entity is in violation of Section 509.004 or 509.005; and (B) the amount of unpaid registration fees for each year the entity failed to register in violation of Section 509.005; and (2) may not exceed $10,000 assessed against the same data broker in a 12-month period. (c) The attorney general may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under this section. The attorney general may recover reasonable attorney's fees and court costs incurred in bringing the action. Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 509.008
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 963,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023, app. to the collection, processing, or transfer of personal data by a data broker on or after December 1, 2023.