Sec. 1304.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrator" means a person, other than the provider of the service contract or an employee of the provider, who is responsible for the third-party administration of a service contract. (2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. (3) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 13.010(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.337(a). (4) "Consumer" means an individual who, for a purpose other than resale, buys tangible personal property that is: (A) distributed in commerce; and (B) normally used for personal, family, or household purposes and not for business or research purposes. (5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. (5-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department. (6) "Person" means an individual or an association, company, corporation, partnership, or other group. (7) "Provider" means a person who is contractually obligated to a service contract holder under the terms of a service contract. (8) "Reimbursement insurance policy" means a policy of insurance issued to a provider to: (A) reimburse the provider under a 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 a service contract the provider issued or sold and that the provider does not perform. (8-a) "Seller" means a person, other than the provider or administrator of a service contract, who markets, sells, offers to sell, negotiates, or issues a 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 a service contract. (9) "Service contract holder" means a person who purchases or otherwise holds a service contract.
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