Amend CSSB 14, house committee printing, as follows:
(1) Insert a new ARTICLE in the bill, to read as follows, and renumber the ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
ARTICLE ____. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE DISCOUNTS
SECTION ____.01. Section 6(a), Article 5.33A, Insurance
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person's property qualifies for a homeowners
insurance premium reduction if the property:
(1) meets the following minimum specifications:
(A) exterior doors must be solid core doors that
are 1-3/8 inches thick and must be secured by dead-bolt locks;
(B) metal doors must be secured by dead-bolt
locks;
(C) double doors must meet the specifications
provided by Subdivision (1) of this subsection, must have the
inactive door secured by header and threshold bolts that penetrate
metal strike plates, and in the case of glass located within 40
inches of header and threshold bolts, must have the bolts
flush-mounted in the edge of the door;
(D) sliding glass doors must be secured by
secondary locking devices to prevent lifting and prying;
(E) dutch doors must have concealed flush-bolt
locking devices to interlock upper and lower halves and must be
secured by a dead-bolt lock;
(F) garage doors must be equipped with
key-operated locking devices; and
(G) windows must be secured by auxiliary locking
devices; or
(2) is equipped with an electronic burglar alarm that
meets the following requirements:
(A) all exterior structure openings are
contacted or the system is equipped with motion detectors or glass
breakage sensors;
(B) the system includes an interior and exterior
siren;
(C) all equipment is U.L. approved and is
monitored by a U.L. approved central station; and
(D) sales, service, installation, and monitoring
of the system are done in compliance with Chapter 1702, Occupations
Code [the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act
(Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes)].
SECTION ____.02. This article takes effect September 1,
2003, and applies only to a discount for a policy of homeowners'
insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or
after January 1, 2004.
(2) In SECTION 9.37 of the bill, in Subdivision (2) of that
SECTION (page 89, line 14, house committee printing), strike
"5.33A,".