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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES |
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Chapter 1306. IDENTITY RECOVERY SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 1306.002. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Administrator" means a person, other than the provider of the identity recovery service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of an identity recovery service contract.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(3) "Consumer" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys a motor vehicle that is:
(A) distributed in commerce; and
(B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes.
(4) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(6) "Identity recovery" means a process, through a limited power of attorney and the assistance of an identity recovery expert, that returns the identity of an identity theft victim to pre-identity theft event status.
(7) "Identity recovery service contract holder" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds an identity recovery service contract.
(8) "Person" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group.
(9) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to an identity recovery service contract holder under the terms of an identity recovery service contract.
(10) "Reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to:
(A) reimburse the provider under an identity recovery service contract the provider issued or sold; or
(B) pay on behalf of the provider all covered contractual obligations that are incurred by the provider under an identity recovery service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform.
(11) "Seller" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of an identity recovery service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues an identity recovery 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 an identity recovery service contract.