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Texas Insurance Code - INS § 548.202. Civil Penalty

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person who wilfully violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 for:

(1) each act of violation;  and

(2) each day of violation.

(b) The attorney general, at the request of the commissioner, shall bring a suit in the name of the state to recover the civil penalty.  The suit must be brought:

(1) in Travis County or the county in which the person resides;

(2) if more than one person commits the violation, in the county in which any of the persons resides;  or

(3) in the county in which the violation allegedly occurred.

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