Tex. Insurance Code § 462.016
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 462.016, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 462.016. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS OR COMPLY WITH PLAN OF OPERATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state of a member insurer that:
(1) fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with the plan of operation.
(b) As an alternative to action under Subsection (a), the commissioner may assess a fine on a member insurer that fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due. The fine may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) five percent of the unpaid assessment per month; or
(2) $100 per month.
(1) fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with the plan of operation.
(b) As an alternative to action under Subsection (a), the commissioner may assess a fine on a member insurer that fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due. The fine may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) five percent of the unpaid assessment per month; or
(2) $100 per month.
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