Sec. 2053.005.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE; HEARING.  (a)  A filer shall designate the date a rate proposed in a filing made under Section 2053.003 is to take effect.  Subject to Subsections (b)-(d), the rate does not take effect until the department receives all necessary information required for the filing.
(b)  A filing made under Section 2053.003 takes effect on the date designated by the filer under Subsection (a) unless the department, not later than the 30th day after the date the department receives the filing, notifies the filer that the filing is missing specific required information.  The filer must provide the missing information not later than the 30th day after the date the filer is notified under this subsection.
(c)  If the filer in good faith believes that information requested under Subsection (b) has already been provided to the department, the filer may request a hearing.  The commissioner shall hold the hearing not later than the 30th day after the date the department receives the request for a hearing.
(d)  The commissioner shall issue an order not later than the 30th day after the date of the hearing under Subsection (c).  If the commissioner determines that the filing is still missing required information, the commissioner shall specify in the order the information that is missing.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.