{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2001.007","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) An officer or director of a fire insurance company described by Section 2001.001, or an agent or person acting on behalf of or employed by a fire insurance company described by Section 2001.001, commits an offense if the officer, director, agent, or person intentionally:\n(1) performs or causes to be performed, alone or in conjunction with a corporation, company, or person, an act prohibited by a law described by Section 2001.001(a);\n(2) fails to perform an act required to be performed by a law described by Section 2001.001(a);\n(3) permits an act prohibited by a law described by Section 2001.001(a); or\n(4) otherwise violates a law described by Section 2001.001(a).\n(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $300 or more than $1,000.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 10. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE","SUBTITLE D. FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE","CHAPTER 2001. GENERAL PROVISIONS: FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2001.htm#2001.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"4bcae9304e0af944d4e79a2890cc05039799ab782d777c7c574efe397d66da3e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}