Texas Insurance Code

§ 544.301 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 544.301Title 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS · Part C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES · Ch. 544. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION · Art. G. MOLD CLAIM OR DAMAGE

Statute text

View on source

In this subchapter:

(1)"Insurer" means an insurance company, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, mutual insurance company, capital stock company, county mutual insurance company, farm mutual insurance company, Lloyd's plan, or other legal entity authorized to write residential property insurance in this state. The term includes an affiliate, as described by Section 823.003(a), if that affiliate is authorized to write and is writing residential property insurance in this state. The term does not include:

(A)an eligible surplus lines insurer regulated under Chapter 981;

(B)the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association under Chapter 2210; or

(C)the FAIR Plan Association under Chapter 2211.

(2)"Mold" means any living or dead fungi or related products or parts, including spores, hyphae, and mycotoxins.

…

Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2D.011, eff. April 1, 2009.