Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR RATES
PURPOSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The purposes of this subchapter and Subchapters B, C, D, and E are to:
(1) promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to prohibit excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory rates;
(2) promote the availability of insurance;
(3) promote price competition among insurers to provide rates and premiums that are responsive to competitive market conditions;
(4) prohibit price-fixing agreements and other anticompetitive behavior by insurers; and
(5) provide regulatory procedures for the maintenance of appropriate information reporting systems.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2251.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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