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Texas Labor Code § 213.052

Injunction Restraining Certain Violations

Enforcement of Texas Unemployment Compensation Act · Other Enforcement Remedies Against Employer

(a) If an individual or employing unit appears to be violating or threatening to violate this subtitle or any rule or order of the commission adopted under this subtitle relating to the collection of a contribution, a penalty, or interest or to the filing of a report relating to employment, the commission shall bring suit against the individual or employing unit to restrain the violation. The court may grant a temporary or permanent, prohibitory or mandatory injunction, including a temporary restraining order, as warranted by the facts.

(b) A suit under this section must be brought through the attorney general in the name of the state in a court of competent jurisdiction in Travis County.

Official text of the Texas Labor Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.