Tex. Lab. Code § 403.002 · Chapter 403. DIVISION FINANCING
SURCHARGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each insurance carrier, other than a governmental entity, shall pay an annual surcharge to pay the costs of administering this subtitle and to support the prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud in this state.
(b) The rate of assessment is applied to the correctly reported gross workers' compensation insurance premiums, including the modified annual premium of a policyholder that purchases an optional deductible plan under Subchapter E, Chapter 2053, Insurance Code. The rate of assessment shall be applied to the modified annual premium before application of a deductible premium credit.
(c) A workers' compensation insurance company is assessed the surcharge at the rate established under Section 403.003 and as limited by Section 255.002(a), Insurance Code. The surcharge shall be collected in the manner provided for collection of other surcharges on gross premiums from a workers' compensation insurance company as provided in Chapter 255, Insurance Code.
(d) Each certified self-insurer shall pay a fee and surcharge as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 407.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1443, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 21, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.134, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1455), Sec. 15, eff. January 1, 2026.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.403.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 255WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCEPrinted as Chapter 255, Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 255.002MAXIMUM RATE; ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.Printed as Section 255.002(a), Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code ch. 2053, subch. EOPTIONAL DEDUCTIBLE PLANSPrinted as Subchapter E, Chapter 2053, Insurance Code
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Lab. Code § 403.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 402.076GENERAL DUTIES; FUNDING.Printed as Section 403.002
- Tex. Lab. Code § 403.007FUNDING OF SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND.Printed as Sections 403.002 and 403.003
- Tex. Lab. Code § 407.103SELF-INSURER SURCHARGE; EFFECT ON GENERAL SURCHARGE.Printed as Sections 403.002 and 403.003
- Tex. Lab. Code § 407A.301SURCHARGE FOR DIVISION AND RESEARCH FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT.Printed as Sections 403.002 and 403.003
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