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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 552.1425. Civil Penalty: Dissemination of Certain Criminal History Information

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

<Text of section effective until Jan. 1, 2025. See, also, § 552.1425 effective Jan. 1, 2025.>

(a) A private entity that compiles and disseminates for compensation criminal history record information may not compile or disseminate information with respect to which the entity has received notice that:

(1) an order of expunction has been issued under Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(2) an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information has been issued under Subchapter E-1, Chapter 411.  1

(b) A district court may issue a warning to a private entity for a first violation of Subsection (a). After receiving a warning for the first violation, the private entity is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each subsequent violation.

(c) The attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney may sue to collect a civil penalty under this section.

(d) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

1 V.T.C.A., Government Code § 411.071 et seq.
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