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| 1 | 1 | 84R3633 PMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Smith H.B. No. 3588 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to insurance adjusters' unauthorized removal or | |
| 8 | 8 | inspection of vehicles located at vehicle storage facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 4101, Insurance Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subchapter D-1 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | SUBCHAPTER D-1. PROHIBITED CONDUCT | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 4101.171. UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE REMOVAL OR INSPECTION | |
| 14 | 14 | PROHIBITED. A licensed adjuster may not, without the knowledge and | |
| 15 | 15 | written consent of the insured: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) execute a document related to the removal or | |
| 17 | 17 | inspection of a motor vehicle located at a vehicle storage facility | |
| 18 | 18 | licensed under Chapter 2303, Occupations Code; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) remove a motor vehicle from such a vehicle storage | |
| 20 | 20 | facility. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Subchapter D-1, Chapter 4101, Insurance Code, as | |
| 22 | 22 | added by this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after | |
| 23 | 23 | the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |