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Amend CSSB 14, by inserting a new ARTICLE in the bill,
appropriately numbered, to read as follows:
ARTICLE _____. RATING TERRITORIES
SECTION _____01. Chapter 5, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter U to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER U. RATING TERRITORIES FOR CERTAIN LINES
Art. 5.171. RATING TERRITORIES. (a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this code, an insurer may not use a rating
territory that is smaller than a county unless the county is
subdivided and the rate for any sub-territory within that county is
not greater than 15 percent higher than the rate used in any other
sub-territory in the county.
(b) For residential property insurance, the commissioner may
allow a greater rate difference on the basis of weather-related
exposure to loss.
(c) The commissioner may allow greater rate differences for
personal automobile insurance only in the manner prescribed by
commissioner rule.