(a) Requirement for use of specific forms. Risk retention group or purchasing group filings and registrations under the Insurance Code, Chapter 2201, must be effected by using forms promulgated by the commissioner of insurance.
(b) Adoption by reference of forms. The commissioner of insurance adopts by reference standard forms as specified in paragraphs (1) - (6) of this subsection and subsection (c) of this section for use by risk retention groups and purchasing groups which are subject to the provisions of this subchapter and the Insurance Code, Chapter 2201. The forms are published by the Texas Department of Insurance, and copies of the forms are available from the Company Licensing and Registration Division, Texas Department of Insurance, Mail Code 305-2C, P.O. Box 149104, Austin, Texas 78714-9104. The following forms must be utilized, as applicable, under the provisions of this subchapter and the Insurance Code, Chapter 2201.
  (1) Risk retention groups seeking to be chartered in this state pursuant to the Insurance Code Chapters 822, 861, and 883, must utilize Form RRG-A-120.
  (2) Risk retention groups seeking to be chartered in this state pursuant to the Insurance Code, Chapter 942 must utilize Form RRG-A-121.
  (3) Foreign or alien risk retention groups seeking to do business as a risk retention group in this state must utilize Form RRG-A-122.
  (4) All risk retention groups and purchasing groups seeking to do business in this state must utilize Form RRG/PG PC1, for appointing the commissioner as agent for service of process.
  (5) Purchasing groups filing a notice of intent and registering to do business in this state under the Insurance Code, §§2201.255 and 2201.256, must utilize Form PG1.
  (6) Agents filing annual reports as required by the Insurance Code, §2201.007 must use Form PG3.
(c) Annual filing by purchasing groups. On or before July 1 each year, beginning in 2008, every purchasing group doing business in this state shall provide the commissioner of insurance with current information on Form PG1R; however, there shall be no filing fee for annual filings of Form PG1R after payment of the initial filing fee described in §13.312 of this title (relating to Regulatory Fees).

Source Note: The provisions of this §13.313 adopted to be effective March 8, 1991, 16 TexReg 1290; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register, October 19, 1993, 18 TexReg 7295; transferred effective September 1, 1993, as published in the Texas Register, November 5, 1996, 21 TexReg 10880; amended to be effective May 12, 2008, 33 TexReg 3773