Sec. 552.1425. CIVIL PENALTY: DISSEMINATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION. (a) A private entity that compiles and disseminates for compensation criminal history record information may not compile or disseminate information with respect to which the entity has received notice that: (1) an order of expunction has been issued under Subchapter E or F, Chapter 55A , Code of Criminal Procedure; or (2) an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information has been issued under Subchapter E-1 , Chapter 411 . (b) A district court may issue a warning to a private entity for a first violation of Subsection (a). After receiving a warning for the first violation, the private entity is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each subsequent violation. (c) The attorney general or an appropriate prosecuting attorney may sue to collect a civil penalty under this section. (d) A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
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