Texas Labor Code
§ 407A.403 — CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS
LA § 407A.403Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 407A. GROUP SELF-INSURANCE COVERAGE · Art. I. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; PENALTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may issue an order requiring a person or group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b)On a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that a person or group has violated a cease and desist order issued under this section, the commissioner may:
(1)impose a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation of the order, not to exceed an aggregate fine of $100,000;
(2)revoke the group's certificate of approval or any license held by the person issued under the Insurance Code; or
(3)impose the fine and revoke the certificate or license.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 275, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.