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. 1-25 * * * * *