Tex. Lab. Code § 407A.301 · Subchapter G. TAXES, SURCHARGES, AND ASSESSMENTS
SURCHARGE FOR DIVISION AND RESEARCH FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each group shall pay a self-insurance group surcharge under this section for:
(1) the administration of the division of workers' compensation of the department;
(2) the prosecution of workers' compensation insurance fraud in this state;
(3) the research functions of the department under Chapter 405; and
(4) the administration of the office of injured employee counsel under Chapter 404.
(b) The surcharge liability of a group under Subsections (a)(1) and (2) is based on gross premium for that group's retention multiplied by the rate assessed insurance carriers under Sections 403.002 and 403.003, as limited by Section 255.002(a), Insurance Code.
(c) The surcharge liability of a group under Subsection (a)(3) is based on gross premium for the group's retention multiplied by the rate assessed insurance carriers under Section 405.003, as limited by Section 255.002(a), Insurance Code.
(d) The surcharge under this section does not apply to premium collected by the group for excess insurance.
(e) The surcharge under this section shall be collected by the comptroller as provided by Section 201.051 and Chapter 255, Insurance Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 275, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.074, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.138, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1455), Sec. 28, eff. January 1, 2026.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.407A.htm
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Insurance Code
Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 403.002SURCHARGES.Printed as Sections 403.002 and 403.003
- Tex. Lab. Code § 403.003RATE OF SURCHARGE.Printed as Sections 403.002 and 403.003
- Tex. Lab. Code ch. 405WORKERS' COMPENSATION RESEARCHPrinted as Chapter 405
- Tex. Lab. Code § 405.003FUNDING; SURCHARGE AND RECOVERY OF SURCHARGE BY INSURERS.Printed as Section 405.003
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