Tex. Ins. Code § 84.022 · Subchapter B. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
PENALTY AMOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The penalty for a violation may not exceed $25,000, unless a greater or lesser penalty is specified by this code or another insurance law of this state.
(b) The amount of the penalty shall be based on:
(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:
(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation; and
(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;
(2) the economic harm to the public interest or public confidence caused by the violation;
(3) the history of previous violations;
(4) the amount necessary to deter a future violation;
(5) efforts to correct the violation;
(6) whether the violation was intentional; and
(7) any other matter that justice may require.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.84.htm
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