Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.002
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.002, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1304.002. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Administrator" means a person, other than the provider of the service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of a service contract.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.010(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a).
(4) "Consumer" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys tangible personal property that is:
(A) distributed in commerce; and
(B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(5-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(6) "Person" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group.
(7) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.
(8) "Reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to:
(A) reimburse the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold; or
(B) pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations that are incurred by the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform.
(8-a) "Seller" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of a service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues a service contract to a consumer on behalf of a provider, but who is not contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.
(9) "Service contract holder" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a service contract.
(1) "Administrator" means a person, other than the provider of the service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of a service contract.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.010(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a).
(4) "Consumer" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys tangible personal property that is:
(A) distributed in commerce; and
(B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(5-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(6) "Person" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group.
(7) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.
(8) "Reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to:
(A) reimburse the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold; or
(B) pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations that are incurred by the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform.
(8-a) "Seller" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of a service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues a service contract to a consumer on behalf of a provider, but who is not contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.
(9) "Service contract holder" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a service contract.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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