Tex. Ins. Code § 601.102 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
INJUNCTIVE OR DECLARATORY RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general, after conferring with the commissioner, may institute an action for injunctive or declaratory relief to restrain a violation of this chapter.
(b) In addition to instituting an action for injunctive relief under Subsection (a), the attorney general, after conferring with the commissioner, may institute an action for civil penalties against a covered entity or nonaffiliated third party for a violation of this chapter. A civil penalty assessed under this section may not exceed $3,000 for each violation.
(c) If the court in which an action under Subsection (b) is pending finds that violations of this chapter have occurred with a frequency that constitutes a pattern or practice, the court may assess a civil penalty not to exceed $250,000.
(d) If the attorney general substantially prevails in an action for injunctive relief or a civil penalty under this section, the attorney general may recover reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses incurred obtaining the relief or penalty, including court costs and witness fees.
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.601.htm
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