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.
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