Tex. Finance Code § 154.109
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 154.109, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 154.109. GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION OF OR REFUSAL TO RENEW PERMIT.
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioner by order may cancel or suspend a permit if the commissioner finds, by examination or other credible evidence, that the permit holder:
(1) violated this chapter or another law of this state relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits, including a final order of the commissioner or rule of the commission;
(2) misrepresented or concealed a material fact in the permit application; or
(3) obtained, or attempted to obtain, the permit by misrepresentation, concealment, or fraud.
(b) The commissioner by order may refuse to renew a permit if the commissioner finds, by examination or other credible evidence, that the permit holder does not possess a qualification required by Section 154.103(b) for issuance of an initial permit, or that the permit holder:
(1) committed one or more of the acts described by Subsection (a); and
(2) did not correct the violation before the 31st day after the date of written notice from the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may cancel the permit of a seller that fails to provide to the department evidence of payment of insurance premiums required by the department under Section 154.203 after the department by written notice requests the evidence.
(d) The commissioner may place on probation a permit holder whose permit is suspended. If a permit suspension is probated, the commissioner may require the permit holder:
(1) to report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation; or
(2) to limit its activities as prescribed by the commissioner.
(1) violated this chapter or another law of this state relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits, including a final order of the commissioner or rule of the commission;
(2) misrepresented or concealed a material fact in the permit application; or
(3) obtained, or attempted to obtain, the permit by misrepresentation, concealment, or fraud.
(b) The commissioner by order may refuse to renew a permit if the commissioner finds, by examination or other credible evidence, that the permit holder does not possess a qualification required by Section 154.103(b) for issuance of an initial permit, or that the permit holder:
(1) committed one or more of the acts described by Subsection (a); and
(2) did not correct the violation before the 31st day after the date of written notice from the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may cancel the permit of a seller that fails to provide to the department evidence of payment of insurance premiums required by the department under Section 154.203 after the department by written notice requests the evidence.
(d) The commissioner may place on probation a permit holder whose permit is suspended. If a permit suspension is probated, the commissioner may require the permit holder:
(1) to report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation; or
(2) to limit its activities as prescribed by the commissioner.
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