By:  Harris                                           S.B. No. 1306
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the use of pre-existing surveys by title insurance
 1-3     agents and companies.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Article 9, Insurance Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Article 9.21A to read as follows:
 1-7           Art. 9.21A.  RELIANCE ON PRE-EXISTING SURVEYS.  A
 1-8     pre-existing survey shall not be relied upon by a title insurance
 1-9     agent or company as current for purposes of survey coverage if the
1-10     survey is older than seven years.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-14     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.