83R4375 KKR-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1183
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibited conduct by insurance adjusters and public
  insurance adjusters.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 4101, Insurance Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter F to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER F. PROHIBITED CONDUCT
         Sec. 4101.251.  CERTAIN ROOFING-RELATED BUSINESS
  PROHIBITED.  (a) An insurance adjuster licensed under this chapter
  may not adjust a loss related to roofing damage on behalf of an
  insurer if the adjuster is a roofing contractor or otherwise
  provides roofing services or roofing products for compensation, or
  is a controlling person in a roofing-related business.
         (b)  The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
  implement and enforce this section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 4102, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 4102.163 to read as follows:
         Sec. 4102.163.  CERTAIN ROOFING-RELATED BUSINESS
  PROHIBITED.  (a)  A license holder who is a roofing contractor or
  otherwise provides roofing services or roofing products for
  compensation, or is a controlling person in a roofing-related
  business, may not:
               (1)  act on behalf of an insured in negotiating for or
  effecting the settlement of a claim for loss related to roofing
  damage; or
               (2)  on behalf of any other public insurance adjuster,
  investigate, settle, or adjust or advise or assist an insured with a
  claim for loss related to roofing damage.
         (b)  The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
  implement and enforce this section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.