2023 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 2 - Texas Department of Insurance
Subtitle A - Administration of the Texas Department of Insurance
Chapter 35 - Electronic Transactions
Section 35.003. Electronic Transactions Authorized
Sec. 35.003. ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AUTHORIZED. (a) Subject to Section 35.004, a regulated entity may conduct business electronically to the same extent that the entity is authorized to conduct business otherwise if before the conduct of business:
(1) each party to the business agrees to conduct the business electronically; or
(2) each other party to the business has been given notice by the entity that the business will be conducted electronically and has not requested that the business be conducted in nonelectronic form.
(b) If a regulated entity provides notice under Subsection (a)(2) and the other party does not opt out of conducting business electronically, the other party is considered to have agreed to conduct business electronically for the purposes of Chapter 322, Business & Commerce Code.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (H.B. 1951), Sec. 6.001, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 309 (H.B. 1040), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
