{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.212","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 981.212","heading":"ACCEPTING SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE FROM OTHER AGENTS.","body":"(a) A surplus lines agent may originate surplus lines insurance or accept surplus lines insurance from another agent who is licensed to handle the kind of insurance being accepted.\n(b) A surplus lines agent who accepts surplus lines insurance from an agent may share a commission with that agent.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE I. SURPLUS LINES INSURERS; COMPANIES NOT ORGANIZED IN TEXAS","CHAPTER 981. SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER E. SURPLUS LINES AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.981.htm#981.212","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c41badcde07d06157a8664716666dad49a80b38ba042cbfe7e83df2fa6e6edeb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.211","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}