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TX penalty: source cite Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §17.926(a) (Subchapter K) + DTPA §17.50 + Tex. Occ. Code Ch. 1803 → Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §17.47(c); source quote replaced

TX penalty: description Texas does NOT have a general charitable solicitation registration regime — charity-related conduct is governed by three distinct statutes, none of which is a "failure to register" penalty. (1) Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Subchapter K (§17.921-§17.926) is the only statute imposing a charity-specific CIVIL penalty: $500 per violation, capped at $2,000 per transaction, for for-profit entities operating donation receptacles or running telephone/door-to-door/mail solicitations on behalf of charities WITHOUT the required disclosures. (2) The general Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (§17.46 unlawful + §17.50 consumer remedy) applies to ANY misrepresentation in charitable solicitation: economic damages, treble damages where the conduct is knowing, plus mental-anguish damages and attorney's fees. (3) Tex. Occ. Code Ch. 1803 (Public Safety Solicitation Act) governs only LE/veterans/public-safety orgs and carries separate criminal penalties (Class A misdemeanor for unregistered solicitation in that narrow scope). The DB anchors this row to (1) — Subchapter K §17.926(a) — because it is the only TX statute that sets an explicit dollar civil penalty tied directly to charitable solicitation activity. → Texas has no general charitable-solicitation registration penalty. Subchapter K § 17.926 is $500 / $2,000 for for-profit donation-receptacle and clothing/household-goods solicitations without the required disclosures. DTPA AG civil is § 17.47(c): not more than $10,000 per violation. § 17.46(b) has no charity-solicitation item.; source url https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._bus._and_com._code_section_17.926 → https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/BC/htm/BC.17.htm; source quote replaced