Tex. Transportation Code § 111.058
SUITS FOR PENALTY
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- Tex. Transportation Code § 111.058, SUITS FOR PENALTY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/568079
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(a) For a penalty provided under this chapter that is recoverable by the state, the attorney general, or an attorney acting under the direction of the attorney general, may bring suit in the name of the state in:
(1) Travis County; or
(2) any county in or through which the railroad runs.
(b) The attorney bringing a suit under this section is entitled to receive:
(1) a fee to be paid by the state of $50 for each penalty recovered and collected by the attorney; and
(2) 10 percent of the amount collected.
(c) In all suits arising under this chapter or Section 112.003, the rules of evidence shall be the same as in ordinary civil actions, except as otherwise provided by this chapter.