1-1     By:  Brown                                            S.B. No. 1391
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     March 29, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 29, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1391                   By:  Lucio
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the venue for an action alleging a violation of an
1-11     insurance law.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 21, Insurance Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Article 21.29 to read as follows:
1-15           Art. 21.29.  VENUE FOR ACTION ALLEGING VIOLATION OF INSURANCE
1-16     LAW.  Notwithstanding any other law, an action alleging a violation
1-17     of this code or any other insurance law of this state may be filed
1-18     in a district court in Travis County.
1-19           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-20     to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An
1-21     action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
1-22     the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
1-23     Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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