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Tex. Insurance Code § 228.251

This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 228.251, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.

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§ 228.251. PREMIUM TAX CREDIT.

Official statutory text

(a) A certified investor who makes an investment of certified capital shall earn in the year of investment a vested credit against state premium tax liability equal to 100 percent of the certified investor's investment of certified capital, subject to the limits imposed by this chapter.

(b) With respect to credits earned as a result of investments made under Program One, beginning with the tax report due March 1, 2009, for the 2008 tax year, a certified investor may take up to 25 percent of the vested premium tax credit in any taxable year of the certified investor. The credit may not be applied to estimated payments due in 2008.

(c) With respect to credits earned as a result of investments made under Program Two, beginning with the tax report due March 1, 2013, for the 2012 tax year, a certified investor may take up to 25 percent of the vested premium tax credit in any taxable year of the certified investor. The credit may not be applied to estimated payments due in 2012.

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