Sec. 462.016.  PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS OR COMPLY WITH PLAN OF OPERATION.  (a)  The commissioner shall suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, the certificate of authority to engage in the business of insurance in this state of a member insurer that:
(1)  fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due; or
(2)  otherwise fails to comply with the plan of operation.
(b)  As an alternative to action under Subsection (a), the commissioner may assess a fine on a member insurer that fails to pay an assessment at the time the assessment is due.  The fine may not exceed the lesser of:
(1)  five percent of the unpaid assessment per month; or
(2)  $100 per month.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.