Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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 |
Sec. 501.151. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE
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The office:
(1) may assess the impact of insurance rates, rules, and forms on insurance consumers in this state; and
(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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.