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Amend CSSB 14 as follows:
(1) On page 6, line 17 between "(a)" and "An" insert
"Notwithstanding any other law, an insurer shall comply with Art.
21.49-2U,".
(2) Strike SECTION 3.07 of the bill by adding a new Article
to the bill, appropriately numbered, as follows:
SECTION 2.01. Subchapter E, Chapter 21, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Article 21.49-2U to read as follows:
Art. 21.49-2U. USE OF CREDIT SCORING IN CERTAIN PERSONAL
LINES OF INSURANCE
Sec. 1. No personal automobile or residential property
insurer or agent may use credit scoring for underwriting or rating.
Sec. 2. "Credit scoring" means an underwriting guideline or
rating factor based in whole or in part on information related to an
individual's credit, credit worthiness, credit standing, credit
capacity, credit history, or financial responsibility. The term
includes, but is not limited to, an insurance score and any
numerical representation of the insurance risk an individual
presents, using the individual's attributes derived from a credit
report or credit information or other information in a formula to
assess insurance risk on an actuarial or statistical basis.
Sec. 3. This article applies to all insurers, including a
reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, farm mutual, county mutual
insurance company, Lloyd's plan company, and any other entity
writing personal automobile or residential property insurance.