{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.101","heading":"REGISTRATION REQUIRED; EXEMPTION FROM OTHER LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A person may not operate as a provider or administrator of service contracts sold or issued in this state unless the person is registered with the department.\n(b) Except for the registration requirement of this chapter, a provider, seller, administrator, or other person who markets, sells, issues, or offers to sell service contracts is exempt from any licensing requirement of this state that relates to an activity regulated under this chapter.\n(c) A provider or administrator may not contract with or use the services of a person to perform an activity that requires registration with the department as a provider or administrator unless that person is appropriately registered.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 63 (H.B. 1286), Sec. 4, eff. March 1, 2006.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1081 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 1.04, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1304. SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS","SUBCHAPTER C. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1304.htm#1304.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"cd77a0892c88caf00257d5e6ee4e341ebc94fe700153e68827728dd901923f7e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}