{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.151","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 501.151","heading":"POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE.","body":"The office:\n(1) may assess the impact of insurance rates, rules, and forms on insurance consumers in this state; and\n(2) shall advocate in the office's own name positions determined by the public counsel to be most advantageous to a substantial number of insurance consumers.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL","CHAPTER 501. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.501.htm#501.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"dac3d1d667518511ffa1358c0bc6aa6836c684c5da4476efcb4bcf2076b9e2a9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.105","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}