1-1 By: Giddings, Turner of Harris, Hodge H.B. No. 3254 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-4 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business 1-5 and Commerce; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-6 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to limitations on certain disciplinary actions by the 1-10 commissioner of insurance or the Texas Department of Insurance. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 81.001(c), Insurance Code, is amended to 1-13 read as follows: 1-14 (c) This section does not apply to conduct that is: 1-15 (1) a violation that is ongoing at the time the 1-16 department seeks to impose the sanction, penalty, or fine; or 1-17 (2) a violation of Article 21.21-6 of this code, as 1-18 added by Chapter 415, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular 1-19 Session, 1995, or Section 4(7)(a), Article 21.21 of this code, as 1-20 those provisions relate to discrimination on the basis of race or 1-21 color, regardless of the time the conduct occurs. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-23 * * * * *