Section 11.1 - General Provisions(a) Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction holds that any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is invalid for any reason, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. To this end, all provisions of this chapter are severable.(b) Effect of rules. The sections in this chapter are prescribed to govern the performance of appropriate statutory and regulatory functions and are not to be construed as limitations on the exercise of statutory authority by the commissioner of insurance.(c) Effective date. This chapter is effective on August 1, 2017. Actions taken before the effective date of this chapter are governed by the regulations in effect on the date the action was taken, and the former regulations are continued in effect for that purpose.28 Tex. Admin. Code § 11.1
The provisions of this §11.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 1980, 4 TexReg 4613; amended to be effective August 17, 1992, 17 TexReg 5351; amended to be effective December 6, 1995, 20 TexReg 9697; amended to be effective December 8, 1997, 22 TexReg 11684; amended to be effective February 24, 2005, 30 TexReg 854; amended to be effective November 15, 2006, 31 TexReg 9298; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 16, April 21, 2017, TexReg 2216, eff. 8/1/2017