By Sibley                                             S.B. No. 1005
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of certain laws to county mutual
 1-3     insurers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 17.22(a), Insurance Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  County mutual insurance companies shall be exempt from
 1-8     the operation of all insurance laws of this state, except such laws
 1-9     as are made applicable by their specific terms or as in this
1-10     Chapter specifically provided.  In addition to such other Articles
1-11     as may be made to apply by other Articles of this Code, county
1-12     mutual insurance companies are [shall be] subject to:
1-13                 (1)  Sections 38.001 and 38.205 of this Code;
1-14                 (2)  Chapter 82 [Subdivision 7 of Article 1.10] of this
1-15     Code; and
1-16                 (3) [(2)]  Articles 1.15, 1.15A, 1.16, [1.24,] 2.04,
1-17     2.05, 2.08, 2.10, 4.10, 5.05, 5.12, 5.37, 5.38, 5.39, 5.40, 5.49,
1-18     5.96, 21.21, and 21.49 of this Code.
1-19           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.