{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-823.503","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 823.503","heading":"BEGINNING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.","body":"If it appears to the commissioner that an insurer or a director, officer, employee, or agent of an insurer has wilfully violated this chapter, the commissioner may cause criminal proceedings to be instituted against that person by the district attorney for the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or, if the insurer does not have a principal office in this state, the district attorney of Travis County.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE B. ORGANIZATION OF REGULATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 823. INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY SYSTEMS","SUBCHAPTER K. CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.823.htm#823.503","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"e93ceb1db21eee25935923771769024d575c9234435284f30717bc6662359d67","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-823.502","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-824.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}