{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-651.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 651.055","heading":"REFUSAL TO ISSUE LICENSE.","body":"The department may refuse to issue a license to an applicant if the department determines that:\n(1) the financial responsibility, experience, character, or general fitness of the applicant or any person associated with the applicant does not command the confidence of the community and does not warrant the belief that the applicant will engage in the business of insurance premium financing honestly, fairly, and efficiently; or\n(2) the applicant does not have available for the operation of the business net assets of at least $25,000.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE E. PREMIUM FINANCING","CHAPTER 651. FINANCING OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS","SUBCHAPTER B. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.651.htm#651.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"fef7288b7136d688c01a4717db42c70de18d0012a031811b13493e1b19959dee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-651.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-651.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}