Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 36.002 - Additional Rulemaking Authority The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules that are:
(1) necessary to effect the purposes of a provision of:(A) Subchapter B, Chapter 5;(B) Subchapter C, Chapter 1806;(C) Subchapter A, Chapter 2301;(D) Chapter 251, as that chapter relates to casualty insurance and fidelity, guaranty, and surety bond insurance;(F) Chapter 2008, 2251, or 2252; or(G) Subtitle B, Title 10; or(2) appropriate to accomplish the purposes of a provision of:(A) Section 37.051(a), 403.002, 501.159, 941.003(b)(1) or (c), or 942.003(b)(1) or (c);(B) Subchapter H, Chapter 544;(C) Chapter 251, as that chapter relates to:(i) automobile insurance;(ii) casualty insurance and fidelity, guaranty, and surety bond insurance;(iii) fire insurance and allied lines;(iv) workers' compensation insurance; or(D) Chapter 5, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 426, 493, 494, 1804, 1805, 1806, 2171, 6001, 6002, or 6003;(E) Subtitle B, C, D, E, F, H, or I, Title 10;(F) Section 417.008, Government Code; or(G) Chapter 2154, Occupations Code.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 594,Sec. 3.01, eff. 9/1/2017.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 2B.002, eff. 4/1/2009.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730, Sec. 3B.0591(d), eff. 9/1/2007.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921, Sec. 9.0591(d), eff. 9/1/2007.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727, Sec. 11, eff. 4/1/2007.