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TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATION
PART 3OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
CHAPTER 55CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER ISTATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES
RULE §55.307Civil Money Penalties on Noncomplying Employers
ISSUE 12/14/2007
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)An employer who knowingly violates any procedures found in §§55.301 - 55.308 of this title for reporting employee information may be liable for a civil penalty, which may not exceed: [The Title IV-D agency may assess a $500 penalty against a noncomplying employer if the failure to report information required by these rules and federal regulations is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee to not supply the required report or to supply a false or incomplete report.]

   (1)$25 for each occurrence in which an employer fails to report an employee; or

   (2)$500 for each occurrence in which the conduct is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and employee to not supply a required report, or to submit a false or incomplete report

(b)The Attorney General may sue to collect the civil penalty.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 27, 2007

TRD-200705909

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Earliest possible date of adoption: January 13, 2008

For information regarding this publication, you may contact Lauri Saathoff, Agency Liaison, at (512) 463-2096. 


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