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Tex. Ins. Code § 462.310

SETTLEMENT BY ASSOCIATION BINDING; PRIORITY OF CLAIM AND EXPENSES

Known as the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Act

The act spans §§ 462–462 (90 sections).

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff

(a) The settlement of a covered claim by the association or a similar organization in another state binds the receiver or statutory successor of an impaired insurer.

(b) The court having jurisdiction shall give the covered claim the same priority against assets of the impaired insurer that the claim would have had in the absence of this chapter.

(c) The expenses of the association or a similar organization in another state in handling claims have the same priority as the receiver's expenses.

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