Section 2652.2015 - Prohibited Grounds for Delay or Denial(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department may not delay or deny a license application or a license renewal based wholly or partly on a department audit or complaint investigation of, or disciplinary or enforcement action against, a license holder or applicant that is pending and has not been finally closed or resolved by a final order issued by the commissioner on or before the date on which the initial or renewal application is complete.(b) The department may delay a license application or license renewal if:(1) the applicant or license holder is the subject of a criminal investigation or prosecution; or(2) the deputy commissioner of the title division of the department makes a good faith determination that there is a credible suspicion that there are ongoing or continuing acts of fraud by the applicant or license holder.(c) The department may deny a license application or license renewal if the department determines that the applicant or license holder intentionally made a material misstatement in the license application or license renewal or the applicant or license holder attempted to obtain the license or renewal by fraud or misrepresentation.Tex. Ins. Code § 2652.2015
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2011.