Insurance Code § 32.022

Sec. 32.022. BIENNIAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) On or before December 31 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the appropriate committees of each house of the legislature a written report that indicates any needed changes in the laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry or any other industry or occupation under the jurisdiction of the department and that states the reasons for the needed changes. (b) If the commissioner determines that any capital or surplus requirements established by this code for any insurance companies are inadequate, the department shall: (1) include in the biennial report specific recommendations relating to the amounts at which the capital or surplus requirements should be set and the findings and evidence on which those recommendations are based; and (2) submit the biennial report to the governor. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.