Tex. Ins. Code § 541.102 · Subchapter C. DETERMINATION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES; SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES
STATEMENT OF CHARGES; NOTICE OF HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When the department has reason to believe that a person engaged in the business of insurance in this state has engaged or is engaging in this state in an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice defined by Subchapter B and that a proceeding by the department regarding the charges is in the interest of the public, the department shall issue and serve on the person:
(1) a statement of the charges; and
(2) a notice of the hearing on the charges, including the time and place for the hearing.
(b) The department may not hold the hearing before the sixth day after the date the notice is served.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm
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