By McCall H.B. No. 46 74R407 DLF-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to consideration of certain claims in nonrenewal of 1-3 certain insurance policies. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 7(a), Article 21.49-2B, Insurance Code, 1-6 is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) This section applies only to standard fire, homeowners', 1-8 and farm or ranch owners' insurance policies. A claim under this 1-9 section does not include: 1-10 (1) a claim resulting from a loss caused by natural 1-11 causes; or 1-12 (2) a claim that is filed but is not paid under the 1-13 policy. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-15 applies only to a claim filed with the insurer on or after January 1-16 1, 1996. A claim filed before January 1, 1996, is governed by the 1-17 law as it existed before the effective date of this Act, and that 1-18 law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.