SEC. 163.06. ENFORCEMENT.

A. If the landlord fails, neglects or refuses to make timely payments to a tenant pursuant to an order to pay relocation benefits, except in the situations described in Sections 163.02 B. or 163.02 C., and if the tenant does not receive relocation payments from the City, the landlord shall be liable to the tenant in a civil action for an amount equal to one and one-half times the relocation benefits payable pursuant to Section 163.05. The tenant shall also be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs as determined by a court.

B. Subsection A. of this section shall not apply when relocation benefits are payable fewer than ten days after the date the order to vacate is first mailed and posted on the premises, if the landlord makes the payment no later than ten days after the order is first mailed and posted.