Texas Register
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 02/29/2008
ACTION Final/Adopted
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:

  (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 adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 14, 2008

TRD-200800928

Stacey Napier

Deputy Attorney General

Office of the Attorney General

Effective date: March 5, 2008

Proposal publication date: December 14, 2007

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


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