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Tex. Ins. Code § 2054.510

CANCELLATION OF COVERAGE BY COMPANY; IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff

(a) If a policyholder described by Section 2054.509(d) does not elect to cancel coverage as provided by that section:

(1) the company may cancel the coverage; or

(2) the commissioner of workers' compensation may impose an administrative penalty on the policyholder.

(b) The amount of an administrative penalty under Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed $5,000. Each day of noncompliance constitutes a separate violation.

(c) In imposing an administrative penalty, the commissioner of workers' compensation may consider any matter that justice may require and shall consider:

(1) the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, consequences, extent, and gravity of the prohibited act;

(2) the history and extent of previous administrative violations;

(3) the demonstrated good faith of the violator, including actions taken to rectify the consequences of the prohibited act;

(4) any economic benefit resulting from the prohibited act; and

(5) the penalty necessary to deter future violations.

(d) A penalty collected under this section:

(1) must be deposited in the general revenue fund; and

(2) may be appropriated to the division to offset the costs of implementing and administering this subchapter.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.