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locke_n_load wrote:...This will get interesting...

That is very good news, indeed!

It is good to see that the nobility can be forced to follow the law, just like us poor peasants.

But I think the potential monetary penalty is more than the letter from the OAG indicated. In the last paragraph of the letter, he states that:

Be advised that each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate violation. TEX. Gov'T
CODE § 41 l.209(c). Accordingly, beginning on the sixteenth (16th) day following the receipt of
this written notice the county may be liable for a proposed maximum penalty of $1,500 for each
day the county remains in violation...

But just before that paragraph, he points out that:

Section 4 l 1.209(b) of the Government Code authorizes the court to assess civil penalties in the
amount of:
• Not less than $1,000 and not more than $1,500 for the first violation; and
• Not less than $10,000 and not more than $10,500 for the second or a subsequent violation.

So doesn't that mean that if the county does not remedy the situation, that the first day fine would be $1,500, but on each following day, the fine would be up to $10,500 per day for each additional day? Not that it makes a lot of difference, but if it were directed at me, I think the possibility of a fine of $10,500 a day would definitely get my attention!

But either way, absolutely great news!