Sec. 427.052.  SUBORDINATED LIABILITY PERMITTED.  (a)  An insurer or health maintenance organization may assume a subordinated liability for repayment of a loan or advance described by Section 427.051 and payment of interest on the loan or advance if the insurer or health maintenance organization and the creditor execute a written agreement stating that the creditor may be paid only out of that portion of the insurer's or health maintenance organization's surplus that exceeds the greater of:
(1)  a minimum surplus amount set in the agreement; or
(2)  a minimum surplus amount of $500,000.
(b)  The department or commissioner may not require the agreement to provide a minimum surplus amount that is different from the amount described by this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.