The commissioner may ask the attorney general to seek injunctive relief against a person or company, and the attorney general may bring the action and obtain subpoenas. The commissioner must verify the application facts on information and belief, and no bond is required for the commissioner or attorney general.
Sec. 4007.152. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) The commissioner may request the attorney general to bring an action as provided by this section against a person or company if it appears to the commissioner, on complaint or otherwise, that the person or company: (1) has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in fraud or a fraudulent practice in connection with the sale of a security; (2) has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in fraud or a fraudulent practice in rendering services as an investment adviser or investment adviser representative; (3) has made an offer containing a statement that is materially misleading or is otherwise likely to deceive the public; or (4) has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in an act or practice that violates this title or a board rule or order. (b) On the commissioner's request under Subsection (a), the attorney general, in addition to other remedies, may bring an action in the name and on behalf of the state: (1) against: (A) a person or company described by Subsection (a); (B) any person who, with intent to deceive or defraud or with reckless disregard for the truth or the law, has materially aided, is materially aiding, or is about to materially aid the person or company; and (C) any other person concerned with or in any manner participating in or about to participate in the acts or practices described by Subsection (a); and (2) to enjoin the person or company and any other person described by Subdivision (1) from continuing the acts or practices that are the subject of the action for injunctive relief or from doing any act to further the acts or practices. (c) The facts contained in an application for injunctive relief must be verified by the commissioner on information and belief. (d) The attorney general may apply for and, on proper showing, is entitled to have a subpoena issued by the court that requires: (1) the appearance, without delay, of a defendant and any employee or agent of the defendant to testify and give evidence concerning the acts, conduct, or other matters complained about in the application for injunctive relief; and (2) the production of documents, books, and records that may be necessary for the hearing on the action. (e) A district court in any county in which it is shown that the acts that are the subject of the application for injunctive relief have been or are about to be committed or a district court in Travis County has jurisdiction and venue of an action brought under this section. This subsection is superior to any provision establishing jurisdiction or venue with regard to an action for an injunction. (f) The commissioner or attorney general shall not be required to give a bond for injunction in an action brought under this section. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2022.