{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1153.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1153.002","heading":"PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE INTENT; CONSTRUCTION.","body":"(a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance.\n(b) This chapter is not intended to prohibit or discourage reasonable competition.\n(c) This chapter shall be liberally construed.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 7. LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES","SUBTITLE C. SPECIALIZED COVERAGES","CHAPTER 1153. CREDIT LIFE INSURANCE AND CREDIT ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1153.htm#1153.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"cc94796a568cff107b4eff8f82e88a4fb002f1dc36b45e4e9b4df35b61793038","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1153.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1153.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}