1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to limitations on certain disciplinary actions by the 1-3 commissioner of insurance or the Texas Department of Insurance. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 81.001(c), Insurance Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (c) This section does not apply to conduct that is: 1-8 (1) a violation that is ongoing at the time the 1-9 department seeks to impose the sanction, penalty, or fine; or 1-10 (2) a violation of Article 21.21-6 of this code, as 1-11 added by Chapter 415, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular 1-12 Session, 1995, or Section 4(7)(a), Article 21.21 of this code, as 1-13 those provisions relate to discrimination on the basis of race or 1-14 color, regardless of the time the conduct occurs. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3254 was passed by the House on May 4, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3254 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor