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AN ACT
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relating to annuities registered under the Securities Act of 1933. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Section 1115.054(a), Insurance Code, is amended  | 
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to read and provide as follows: | 
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       (a)  Compliance with the conduct rules of the Financial  | 
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Industry Regulatory Authority [National Association of Securities 
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Dealers] relating to suitability, or the rules of another national  | 
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organization recognized by the commissioner, satisfies the  | 
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requirements under this chapter for the recommendation of  | 
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[variable] annuities registered under the Securities Act of 1933  | 
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(15 U.S.C. Section 77a et seq.) or rules or regulations adopted  | 
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under that Act. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 4492 was passed by the House on May 7,  | 
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2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not  | 
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voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 4492 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
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26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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                 Governor        |