Tex. Insurance Code § 544.401
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 544.401, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 544.401.
Official statutory text
Sec. 544.401. OFFENSE: CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION. (a) In this section, "person" means a legal entity listed below and engaged in the business of life insurance or an officer or director of one of those entities:
(1) a capital stock insurance company;
(2) a mutual insurance company;
(3) a local mutual aid association;
(4) a statewide mutual assessment company; or
(5) a stipulated premium company.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly:
(1) offers insurance coverage at a premium based on a rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the person for the same coverage, other than for classifications applicable alike to persons of every race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin; or
(2) collects an insurance premium based on a rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the person for the same coverage, other than for classifications applicable alike to persons of every race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(1) a capital stock insurance company;
(2) a mutual insurance company;
(3) a local mutual aid association;
(4) a statewide mutual assessment company; or
(5) a stipulated premium company.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly:
(1) offers insurance coverage at a premium based on a rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the person for the same coverage, other than for classifications applicable alike to persons of every race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin; or
(2) collects an insurance premium based on a rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the person for the same coverage, other than for classifications applicable alike to persons of every race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national origin.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
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