If the person does not pay the agency's costs incurred in reviewing the application and the issuance of the innocent owner/operator certificate before the 31st day after the date the person receives notice that the costs are due and owing, the attorney general, at the request of the executive director, may bring an action in the name of the State of Texas in Travis County to recover the amount owed and reasonable legal expenses, including attorney's fees, witness costs, court costs, and deposition costs.