{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Administrator\" means a person, other than the provider of the service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of a service contract.\n(2) \"Commission\" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.\n(3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.010(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a).\n(4) \"Consumer\" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys tangible personal property that is:\n(A) distributed in commerce; and\n(B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.\n(5) \"Department\" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.\n(5-a) \"Executive director\" means the executive director of the department.\n(6) \"Person\" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group.\n(7) \"Provider\" means a person who is contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.\n(8) \"Reimbursement insurance policy\" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to:\n(A) reimburse the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold; or\n(B) pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations that are incurred by the provider under a service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform.\n(8-a) \"Seller\" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of a service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues a service contract to a consumer on behalf of a provider, but who is not contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract.\n(9) \"Service contract holder\" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a service contract.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.001, 13.010(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a), (b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 63 (H.B. 1286), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2006.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1304. SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1304.htm#1304.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"8bab9020bdfdfd16519f94b9074205f25ffd4d08a62cc56dca335379ea4315b1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}