Tex.
Gov't Code Section 752.056
Civil Penalty
(a)
A local entity or campus police department that is found by a court of law as having intentionally violated Section 752.053 (Policies and Actions Regarding Immigration Enforcement) is subject to a civil penalty in an amount:(1)
not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,500 for the first violation; and(2)
not less than $25,000 and not more than $25,500 for each subsequent violation.(b)
Each day of a continuing violation of Section 752.053 (Policies and Actions Regarding Immigration Enforcement) constitutes a separate violation for the civil penalty under this section.(c)
The court that hears an action brought under Section 752.055 (Complaint; Equitable Relief) against the local entity or campus police department shall determine the amount of the civil penalty under this section.(d)
A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the compensation to victims of crime fund established under Subchapter J (Definition), Chapter 56B (Crime Victims’ Compensation), Code of Criminal Procedure.(e)
Sovereign immunity of this state and governmental immunity of a county and municipality to suit is waived and abolished to the extent of liability created by this section.
Source:
Section 752.056 — Civil Penalty, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.752.htm#752.056 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
