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.)
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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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