Tex. Ins. Code § 3502.053 · Subchapter B. MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURERS
DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In extending or issuing mortgage guaranty insurance, a mortgage guaranty insurer may not discriminate on the basis of the applicant's sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, disability, or age or solely on the basis of the geographic location of the property to be insured unless:
(1) the discrimination related to geographic location is for a business purpose that is not a mere pretext for unfair discrimination; or
(2) the refusal, cancellation, or limitation of the insurance is required by law or regulatory mandate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.3502.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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