SRC-TBR H.B. 2811 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2811
By: Wolens (Cain)
Administration
5/4/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The Texas Legislative Council is required by law (Section 323.007,
Government Code) to carry out a complete nonsubstantive revision of the
Texas statutes. The process involves reclassifying and rearranging the
statutes in a more logical order, employing a numbering system and format
that will accommodate future expansion of the law, eliminating repealed,
invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions, and improving the
draftsmanship of the law, if practicable--all toward promoting the stated
purpose of making the statutes "more accessible, understandable, and
usable" without altering the sense, meaning, or effect of the law.  H.B.
2811 makes a nonsubstantive revision of statutes relating to the Texas
Department of Insurance, the business of insurance, and certain related
businesses. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to various state officers,
institutions, and agencies, throughout this bill 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

H.B. 2811 provides for the nonsubstantive revision of all codes, as follows

INSURANCE CODE:

SECTION 1.  TITLE 6.  ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES.
(Pages 1-834 of this bill.) 

SECTION 2.  TITLE 7.  LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.  (Pages 834-1025 of
this bill.) 

SECTION 3.  TITLE 8.  HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES.  (Pages
1025-1176 of this bill.) 

SECTIONS 4-30.  Conforming amendments.  (Pages 1176-1208 of this bill.)

SECTION 31.  Repeals various articles of the Insurance Code.

SECTION 32.  Sets forth legislative intent.

SECTION 33.  Effective date: June 1, 2003.