PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS OR COMPLY WITH PLAN OF OPERATION.
Tex. INS Code § 462.016.
in effect(a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state of a member insurer that:
(1) fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with the plan of operation.
(b) As an alternative to action under Subsection (a), the commissioner may assess a fine on a member insurer that fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due. The fine may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) five percent of the unpaid assessment per month; or
(2) $100 per month.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017 ), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
