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SECTION 7.01. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Article 21.21-6A to read as follows:
Art. 21.21-6A. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) In this article,
"person" means a legal entity engaged in the business of life
insurance described in Subdivisions (a), (b), (e), (f), and (j),
Section 2, Article 21.21-6 of this code, as added by Chapter 415,
Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, or an officer
or director of one of those entities.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person with reckless
culpability:
(1) offers insurance coverage at a premium based on a
rate that is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or
national origin, different from another premium rate offered or
used by the person for the same coverage, other than for
classifications applicable alike to persons of every race, color,
religion, ethnicity, or national origin; or
(2) collects an insurance premium based on a rate that
is, because of race, color, religion, ethnicity, or national
origin, different from another premium rate offered or used by the
person for the same coverage, other than for classifications
applicable alike to persons of every race, color, religion,
ethnicity, or national origin.
(c) An offense under this article is a state jail felony.
SECTION 7.02. Article 21.21-6A, Insurance Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this
subsection, an offense is committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.