Tex. Ins. Code § 2201.257 · Subchapter F. PURCHASING GROUPS
PAYMENT OF PREMIUM TAXES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Premiums paid for coverage of risks located in this state by a purchasing group or any group member are subject to taxation at the same rate and subject to the same interest, fines, and penalties for nonpayment that apply to premiums paid for similar coverage by other insureds.
(b) Title 3 is used to compute applicable tax rates for a purchasing group or any group member that pays premiums for coverage of risks located in this state to:
(1) an insurer holding a certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state; or
(2) a risk retention group authorized to engage in business in this state.
(c) To the extent that a purchasing group or group member pays premiums as described by Subsection (b), the insurer or risk retention group receiving those premiums shall remit the tax to the department.
(d) Chapter 225 is used to compute applicable tax rates for a purchasing group or any group member that pays premiums for coverage of risks located in this state to an eligible surplus lines insurer. If a purchasing group or member pays those premiums, the surplus lines agent shall report and remit the tax. If the agent does not remit the tax, the purchasing group shall remit the tax.
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.2201.htm
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