Violation(s); civil penalties; voluntary compliance.

San Antonio City Code § 15-278

in effect

Sec. 15-278. - Violation(s); civil penalties; voluntary compliance. (a) Civil penalty. Any employer who intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently violates any provision of this chapter shall, consistent with the judicial procedure laid out in § 20-104 et seq., be fined an amount not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation is committed or permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Each violation of a particular section or subsection of this article constitutes a separate offense. (b) If it is determined after investigation of a timely complaint that a violation of this article has occurred an employer shall receive written notice of the violation and the civil penalty assessed, if any. Such written notice is presumed to have been received on the fifth day after the notice is mailed. (c) Post-investigation voluntary compliance. If the municipal court/administrative hearing officer finds after investigation of a timely complaint that a violation of this article has occurred, the department may seek voluntary compliance from the employer to remedy any violation of this article before submitting the violation for prosecution. Upon receipt of a notice of violation, the employer will have ten (10) business days to resolve the violation by paying an employee for sick and safe leave that was taken and not paid for, provide an equivalent period of sick and safe leave to what was denied or taken without pay, and/or addressing and correcting an administrative violation. Additional voluntary compliance methods or options can be considered and approved by the director as appropriate to the resolution of a violation. If voluntary compliance is not achieved within ten (10) business days following the employer's receipt of the written violation notice, the violation will be submitted for filing at Municipal Court. (d) For a violation of this article that occurs after the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives but before April 1, 2020, the department may issue a notice to the employer that a civil penalty may be assessed for a violation that occurs on or after April 1, 2020. Provided, that a civil penalty for a violation of section 15-275 (retaliation prohibited) may be assessed anytime after the effective date of the enabling ordinance. (e) This section does not create a criminal offense. (Ord. No. 2018-08-16-0620, § 2, 8-16-18; Ord. No. 2019-10-03-0795, § 1, 10-3-19)

Source: City of San Antonio, City Code, City Charter and Unified Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/san_antonio/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH15HE_ARTXISISALEBE_S15-278VICIPEVOCOFetched: 10/27/2026