Amend CSSB 14 by inserting the following the new ARTICLE, 
appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	ARTICLE _____. HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
	SECTION _____. Section 1, Article 21.74, Insurance Code, is 
amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (2) and adding Subdivision 
(4) to read as follows:
		(1) "Holocaust victim" means a person who was killed or 
injured, or who lost real or personal property or financial assets, 
as the result of discriminatory laws, policies, or actions directed 
against any discrete group of which the person was a member, during 
the period of 1920 to 1945, inclusive, in Germany, areas occupied by 
Germany, [or] countries allied with Germany, or countries that were 
sympathizers with Germany.
		(2) "Insurer" means an insurance company or other 
entity engaged in the business of insurance or reinsurance in this 
state. The term includes:
			(A) a capital stock company, a mutual company, or 
a Lloyd's plan; and      
			(B) any parent, subsidiary, reinsurer, successor 
in interest, managing general agent, or affiliated company, at 
least 50 percent of the stock of which is in common ownership with 
an insurer engaged in the business of insurance in this state.
		(4) "Proceeds" means the face value or other payout 
value of insurance policies and annuities plus reasonable interest 
to date of payment without diminution for wartime or immediate 
postwar currency devaluation.
	SECTION _____. Article 21.74, Insurance Code, is amended by 
adding Sections 2A and 2B to read as follows:
	Sec. 2A. FILINGS AND CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE. (a) This 
section applies to each insurer engaging in business in the state 
that, directly or through a related company, sold to persons in 
Europe insurance policies described by Section 1 of this article or 
dowry or educational insurance policies that were in effect during 
the period of 1920 to 1945, whether the sale occurred before or 
after the insurer and the related company became related.
	(b) Each insurer shall file or cause to be filed with the 
commissioner the following information:
		(1) the number of insurance policies described by 
Subsection (a) of this section sold by the insurer or a related 
company;
		(2) the holder, beneficiary, and current status of the 
policies; and 
		(3)  the city of origin, domicile, or address for each 
policyholder listed in the policies.
	(c) Each insurer shall certify:                                         
		(1) that the proceeds of the policies described by 
Subsection (a) of this section have been paid to the designated 
beneficiaries or their heirs in circumstances in which that person 
or those persons, after diligent search, could be located and 
identified;
		(2) that the proceeds of the policies, in circumstances 
in which the beneficiaries or heirs could not, after diligent 
search, be located or identified, have been distributed to 
Holocaust survivors or to qualified charitable nonprofit 
organizations of the purpose of assisting Holocaust survivors;
		(3) that a court of law has certified in a legal 
proceeding resolving the rights of unpaid policyholders and their 
heirs and beneficiaries a plan for the distribution of the 
proceeds; or
		(4) that the proceeds have not been distributed and the 
amount of those proceeds.
	(d) The commissioner by rule shall require that insurers 
update the information submitted to the commissioner under this 
section at reasonable intervals.
	Sec. 2B. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTRY; PUBLIC 
ACCESS. (a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain within 
the department a central registry containing records and 
information relating to insurance policies described by Section 
2A(a) of this article of Holocaust victims, living and deceased.  
The registry shall be known as the Holocaust Era Insurance 
Registry.
	(b) The commissioner by rule shall establish appropriate 
mechanisms to ensure public access to the registry.
	(c) Information contained in the registry:                              
		(1) is public information;                                             
		(2) is not subject to any exceptions to disclosure under 
Chapter 552, Government Code; and
		(3) cannot be withheld from disclosure under any other 
law.          
	SECTION _____. Not later than the 180th day after the 
effective date of this Act, an insurer subject to Article 21.74, 
Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, shall file the information 
and certification required by Section 2A of that article.