CSHB 2102 is amended as follows:
      (1)  On page 10, between lines 23 and 24, insert the
following:
      SECTION 7.  Subsection d, Section 37.052, Insurance Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (d)  The department may appear as a matter of right as a
party, present evidence, or question a witness in a proceeding
before the commissioner or the designated hearings officer in which
insurance rates are set under this code.  <This subsection expires
September 1, 2001.>
      (2)  On page 10, line 24 strike "SECTION 7" and substitute
"SECTION 8".