{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1152.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1152.151","heading":"AGENT'S LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A person may not sell or offer for sale in this state a variable contract, or act to negotiate, make, or consummate a variable contract for another, unless the department has licensed the person under Chapter 4054 as a general life, accident, and health agent or a life agent.\n(b) The licensing and regulation of a person acting as a variable contract agent is subject to the same provisions applicable to the licensing and regulation of other agents under Title 13.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.303(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 2.11, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2F.009, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 7. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES","SUBTITLE C. SPECIALIZED COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1152. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS, VARIABLE CONTRACTS, AND RELATED PRODUCTS","SUBCHAPTER D. VARIABLE CONTRACT AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1152.htm#1152.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"21c069dc1e57460ea7107f5e437443aa7f4f7cba707b090f499ba8569a3a4b5c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1152.110","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1152.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}