Texas Insurance Code

§ 541.201 — INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

IN § 541.201Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 541. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES · Art. E. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL

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(a)The attorney general may bring an action under this section if the attorney general has reason to believe that:

(1)a person engaged in the business of insurance in this state is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about to engage in an act or practice defined as unlawful under:

(A)this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(B)Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code; and

(2)the action is in the public interest.

(b)The attorney general may bring the action in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction the person's use of the method, act, or practice.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.