Tex. Ins. Code § 2051.152 · Subchapter D. DUTIES AND PROHIBITED ACTS; ENFORCEMENT
PROHIBITED ACTS BY PERSON; ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an administrative violation if the person:
(1) to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage for the person or another person, intentionally or knowingly:
(A) makes a false statement;
(B) misrepresents or conceals a material fact;
(C) makes a false entry in, fabricates, alters, conceals, or destroys a document; or
(D) conspires to commit an act listed in Paragraph (A), (B), or (C); or
(2) intentionally and knowingly obtains or maintains:
(A) workers' compensation insurance coverage from an insurer that is not authorized to engage in business in this state; or
(B) alternative coverage from an insurer in violation of this code.
(b) An administrative violation under Subsection (a) is punishable by an administrative penalty not to exceed $5,000 assessed in accordance with the procedures established for an administrative violation under Chapter 415, Labor Code.
(c) Each day an administrative violation under Subsection (a)(2) occurs or continues is a separate violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2051.htm
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