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1		-	By: Eltife S.B. No. 782
2		-	(Smithee)
	1	+	S.B. No. 782
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the investigation by the commissioner of insurance of
8	6		acts of insurance fraud.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 701.102, Insurance Code, is amended to
11	9		read as follows:
12	10		Sec. 701.102. INVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN ACTS OF FRAUD. If
13	11		the commissioner has reason to believe a person has engaged in, is
14	12		engaging in, has committed, or is about to commit a fraudulent
15	13		insurance act [or the offense of insurance fraud under Section
16	14		35.02(a), Penal Code], the commissioner may conduct any
17	15		investigation necessary inside or outside this state to:
18	16		(1) determine whether the act [or offense] occurred;
19	17		or
20	18		(2) aid in enforcing laws relating to fraudulent
21	19		insurance acts, including by providing technical or litigation
22	20		assistance to other governmental agencies [or insurance fraud].
23	21		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	22	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	23	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	24	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 782 passed the Senate on
	25	+	April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	26	+	______________________________
	27	+	Secretary of the Senate
	28	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 782 passed the House on
	29	+	May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, two
	30	+	present not voting.
	31	+	______________________________
	32	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	33	+	Approved:
	34	+	______________________________
	35	+	Date
	36	+	______________________________
	37	+	Governor