By Farabee                                            H.R. No. 1170
         76R17114 PB-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
 1-2     of Texas, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That House Rule
 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
 1-5     resolve the differences on House Bill 3697, relating to the
 1-6     operation of the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance Fund and the
 1-7     disposition of certain surpluses of that fund, to consider and take
 1-8     action on the following matters:
 1-9                 (1)  House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are
1-10     suspended to permit the committee to add text incorporating a new
1-11     section in the bill, appropriately numbered, to amend Section
1-12     5(10), Article 21.28-C, Insurance Code, to read as follows:
1-13           SECTION ______. Section 5(10), Article 21.28-C, Insurance
1-14     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-15                 (10)  "Member insurer" means any insurer [person] who:
1-16                       (A)  writes any kind of insurance to which this
1-17     Act applies under Section 3 of this Act, including the exchange of
1-18     reciprocal or inter-insurance contracts; and
1-19                       (B)  is licensed to transact insurance in this
1-20     state, including any stock, mutual, Lloyds insurer, reciprocal or
1-21     inter-insurance exchange, or county mutual insurance company.
1-22           Explanation:  This change is necessary to clarify membership
1-23     in the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association,
1-24     which will now include the Texas Workers' Compensation Insurance
 2-1     Fund.