OFFENSE; CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES.
Tex. LABOR Code § 204.087.
in effect(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally defeats, evades, or circumvents a provision of this subchapter or if the person recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally attempts, aids and abets an attempt, or advises another to defeat, evade, or circumvent a provision of this subchapter.
(b) An employer who commits an offense under this section may be assessed a civil penalty in an amount equal to two percent of wages as defined in Subchapter F , Chapter 201 , for the year during which the violation occurred and for the three years following that year.
(c) A person, other than the employer, who commits an offense under this section may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for a first offense and not more than $5,000 for each subsequent offense.
(d) A civil penalty assessed under Subsection (b) or (c) shall be deposited in the special administration fund established under Section 203.201 .
(e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1315 (H.B. 3250 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.