| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4358 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to rulemaking authority for administrative penalties |
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| 6 | 6 | | assessed for violations of the Insurance Code. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Insurance Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 84.004 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 84.004. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) The commissioner |
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| 11 | 11 | | may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that the commissioner |
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| 12 | 12 | | determines necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The commissioner may establish by rule the amount of an |
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| 14 | 14 | | administrative penalty to be imposed under Section 84.022 for a |
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| 15 | 15 | | specific violation. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c) The existence or absence of a rule adopted under this |
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| 17 | 17 | | chapter does not limit the commissioner's authority to take any |
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| 18 | 18 | | action authorized by law. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 24 | 24 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 26 | 26 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4358 was passed by the House on April |
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| 27 | 27 | | 22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 28 | 28 | | voting. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4358 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 32 | 32 | | 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | 35 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 36 | 36 | | Date |
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| 37 | 37 | | _____________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Governor |
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