Texas Finance Code - FIN § 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.