Tex. Ins. Code § 85.051 · Subchapter B. PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES
VENUE FOR PROSECUTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who violates the Penal Code or a penal provision of this code while engaged in the business of insurance may be prosecuted in:
(1) Travis County; or
(2) a county in which prosecution is authorized under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) A law limiting regulation by the department under this code or another insurance law of this state does not restrict the application of this section.
(c) This section controls if there is a conflict or ambiguity between this section and another provision of this code or another insurance law of this state.
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.85.htm
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- 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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