(a) The commissioner by rule may authorize a title insurance company providing area and boundary coverage to accept an existing real property survey as provided by this section.
(b) A title insurance company may accept an existing real property survey rather than requiring a new survey if, notwithstanding the age of the survey or the identity of the person for whom the survey was prepared, the company is willing to accept:
(1) evidence of the existing survey; and
(2) an affidavit prescribed by the commissioner that verifies the existing survey.