Bill Text: TX HB3696 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to unauthorized insurance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Referred to Insurance [HB3696 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3696-Introduced.html

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By: Smithee H.B. No. 3696

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to unauthorized insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Insurance Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 101.105. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. (a) A
person or entity, including an insurer, that violates this chapter
or Chapter 226 is subject to a civil penalty of not more than
$15,000 $10,000 for each act of violation and for each day of
violation.
(b) The commissioner may request that the attorney general
institute a civil suit in a district court in Travis County for
injunctive relief to restrain a person or entity, including an
insurer, from continuing a violation or threat of violation
described by Section 101.103(a). On application for injunctive
relief and a finding that a person or entity, including an insurer,
is violating or threatening to violate this chapter or Chapter 226,
the district court shall grant the injunctive relief and issue an
injunction without bond.
(c) On request by the commissioner, the attorney general
shall institute and conduct a civil suit in the name of the state
for injunctive relief, to recover a civil penalty, or for both
injunctive relief and a civil penalty, as authorized under this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.