Tex. Ins. Code § 31.021 · Subchapter B. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner is the department's chief executive and administrative officer. The commissioner shall administer and enforce this code, other insurance laws of this state, and other laws granting jurisdiction or applicable to the department or the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner has the powers and duties vested in the department by:
(1) this code and other insurance laws of this state; and
(2) Title 5, Labor Code, and other workers' compensation insurance laws of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 6.053, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.31.htm
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- sha256 24861cc9334f884bd99769fe695b5f74e08e9fcb049a2648eeffb9fa49398a36
- Composed by
- 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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