Sec. 101.151.  POWERS OF COMMISSIONER; NOTICE OF HEARING.  (a)  The commissioner may set a hearing on whether to seek administrative relief under this chapter if the commissioner has reason to believe that:
(1)  an insurer or person has violated or is threatening to violate this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(2)  an insurer or person acting in violation of this chapter has engaged in or is threatening to engage in an unfair act.
(b)  A proceeding under this chapter is a contested case for purposes of Chapter 2001, Government Code, and applicable rules.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 25, eff. June 1, 2003;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 11.009, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 60 (S.B. 1809), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2021.