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.