78S10218 DLF-D

By:  Callegari                                                    H.B. No. 56 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualification and appointment of the commissioner 
of insurance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.022(a), Insurance Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, 
shall appoint the commissioner.  The commissioner serves a one-year 
[two-year] term that expires on February 1 [of each odd-numbered 
year].
	SECTION 2. Section 31.023, Insurance Code, is amended to read 
as follows:    
	Sec. 31.023.  QUALIFICATIONS.  The commissioner must:                          
		(1)  be a competent and experienced administrator;                            
		(2)  be well informed and qualified in the fields 
[field] of insurance and insurance regulation; and
		(3)  have [at least 10 years of] experience [as an 
executive] in the administration of business or government [or as a 
practicing attorney or certified public accountant, with at least 
five years of that experience in the field of insurance or insurance 
regulation].
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect November 1, 2003.