By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 2659

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of names by public insurance adjusters.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 4102.162, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4102.162. USE OF DIFFERENT NAME PROHIBITED. A license holder may not use a name different from the name under which the license holder is currently licensed in an advertisement, solicitation, or contract for business unless the name is used under a valid assumed name certificate as provided by Chapter 71, Business & Commerce Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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