Amend HB 499 as follows:
      (1)  Between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 2(b), Article 5.131, Insurance Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (b)  All <It is the intent of the legislature that all
insurers, including> county mutual insurers, joint underwriting
associations, and other insurers <others> whose rates are not
regulated shall<,> pass through the savings that accrue from the
legislation described by Section 1 of this article to their
policyholders on a prospective basis.  To monitor compliance with
this legislative directive, the commissioner shall obtain and
examine the data from each insurer described by this subsection as
necessary to ensure that the insurer is passing the savings to the
insurer's policyholders in compliance with this section and may
require information in rate filings, special data calls,
informational hearings, and any other means consistent with other
provisions of this code applicable to the affected insurers.
Information provided under this subsection is privileged and
confidential to the same extent as the information is privileged
and confidential under this code or other laws for other insurers
licensed and writing the same line of insurance in this state.  The
information remains privileged and confidential unless and until
introduced into evidence at an administrative hearing or in a court
of competent jurisdiction.  Sections 3 and 4 of this article
<subchapter> do not apply to the <nonrate regulated> insurers
described <covered> by this subsection. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the commissioner determines that an insurer described
by this subsection has failed to pass savings to that insurer's
policyholders in compliance with this subsection, the commissioner
shall require the insurer to provide rate refunds or reductions to
the insurer's policyholders on a prospective basis in an amount and
manner determined by the commissioner by rule.
      (2)  On line 5, strike "SECTION 1" and substitute "SECTION
2".
      (3)  On line 11, strike "SECTION 2" and substitute "SECTION
3".
      (4)  On line 12, strike "SECTION 3" and substitute "SECTION
4".