Texas Insurance Code - Not Codified - Article 1.18. Oath Of Examiners And Assistants

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Art. 1.18. OATH OF EXAMINERS AND ASSISTANTS.                                   

Article repealed effective April 1, 2007
	Each examiner and assistant examiner, before entering upon 
the duties of his appointment shall take and file in the office of 
the Secretary of State an oath to support the Constitution of this 
State, to faithfully demean himself in office, to make fair and 
impartial examinations, and that he will not accept as presents or 
emoluments any pay, directly or indirectly, for the discharge of 
his duty, other than the remuneration fixed and accorded to him by 
law;  and that he will not reveal the condition of, nor any 
information secured in the course of any examination of any 
corporation, firm or person examined by him, to anyone except the 
Members of the State Board of Insurance, or their authorized 
representative, or when required as witness in an administrative 
hearing before the Board or the Commissioner or in Court.
	In case any such examiner or assistant examiner shall 
knowingly make any false report or give any information in 
violation of law relative to any such examination of any 
corporation, firm or person so examined, any such corporation, firm 
or person shall have a right of action on a bond authorized under 
Chapter 653, Government Code, for his injuries in a suit brought in 
the name of the State at the relation of the injured party.

Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., ch. 491.  Amended by Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 
826, ch. 307, Sec. 6.

Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1082, Sec. 2.07, eff. Sept. 1, 
1989;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Last modified: August 10, 2007