SECTION 33.203. Filing Requirements for Application for Certificate of Authority

(a) The applicant shall submit the applicable filing fee, as referenced in §33.6 of this title (relating to Fees for Filing Application for Certificate of Authority).

(b) The applicant shall provide the department with an original and two copies of the entire application in three-ring binders with all pages clearly legible and numbered.

(c) Each application binder must contain a table of contents and must be divided with tabs identified to correspond to the items listed in §33.204 of this title (relating to Contents of Application). If any item listed in that section is inapplicable to the applicant, the applicant shall include a page behind the tab for that item with a statement explaining the inapplicability.

(d) The applicant must submit all narrative material typed, double-spaced, and clearly legible.

(e) The original of the application becomes the charter file; therefore, all signatures on the required forms in the original application must be original signatures.

(f) If the application is revised or supplemented during the review process prior to hearing, the applicant must submit an original and two copies of a transmittal letter describing the revision or supplement plus an original and two copies of the specified revision or supplement.

(g) If a page is to be revised, two copies of the complete new page must be submitted with the changed item or information clearly marked on the two copies. The original page which is placed in the charter copy of the application must not have any marks on it.

Source Note: The provisions of this 33.203 adopted to be effective March 9, 1989, 14 TexReg 988; amended to be effective March 14, 1996, 21 TexReg 1767.