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        relating to a prohibition on contractors acting as public insurance  | 
      
      
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        adjusters in certain circumstances. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 4102.163, Insurance Code,  | 
      
      
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        is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 4102.163.  CERTAIN CONTRACTOR [ROOFING-RELATED]  | 
      
      
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        BUSINESS PROHIBITED. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 4102.163(a), Insurance Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  A [roofing] contractor may not act as a public adjuster  | 
      
      
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        or advertise to adjust claims for any property for which the  | 
      
      
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        contractor is providing or may provide contracting [roofing]  | 
      
      
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        services, regardless of whether the contractor: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  holds a license under this chapter; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  is authorized to act on behalf of the insured under  | 
      
      
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        a power of attorney or other agreement. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2103 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        12, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.  | 
      
      
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        No. 2103 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 4,  | 
      
      
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        2 present, not voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 2103 was passed by the Senate, with  | 
      
      
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        amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays  | 
      
      
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        0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate    | 
      
      
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        APPROVED: __________________ | 
      
      
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                      Governor        |