{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-556.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 556.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Affiliate\" means a person who, directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by another person or is under common control with another person.\n(2) \"Depository institution\" has the meaning assigned by Section 4001.003.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 556. UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR PRACTICES BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.556.htm#556.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"892eddcd5bc070c660375ae6d41887aad26ef96ee1daf284c0fd44e2d4923964","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-555.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-556.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}