Tex. Ins. Code § 562.157 · Subchapter D. DETERMINATION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES; ENFORCEMENT; SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES
DETERMINATION OF VIOLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
After a hearing under this subchapter to determine whether a person has engaged in an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this chapter, the department shall determine whether:
(1) the method of competition or the act or practice considered in the hearing is defined as:
(A) an unfair method of competition or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter B; or
(B) a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code; and
(2) the person against whom the charges were made engaged in the method of competition or act or practice in violation of:
(A) this chapter; or
(B) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, as specified in Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (H.B. 4341), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.562.htm
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