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AN ACT
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relating to rulemaking authority for administrative penalties |
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assessed for violations of the Insurance Code. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 84.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 84.004. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) The commissioner |
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may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that the commissioner |
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determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. |
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(b) The commissioner may establish by rule the amount of an |
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administrative penalty to be imposed under Section 84.022 for a |
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specific violation. |
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(c) The existence or absence of a rule adopted under this |
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chapter does not limit the commissioner's authority to take any |
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action authorized by law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4358 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4358 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |