Amend CSSB 14 by adding the following new sections to the 
bill, numbered appropriately, and renumbering existing sections of 
the bill appropriately:
	Section _____. Article 5.07-1(b), Insurance Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b) In connection with the repair damage to a motor vehicle 
covered under an auto insurance policy, and insurer, an employee of 
insurer, an agent of an insurer, a solicitor of insurance for an 
insurer, an insurance adjuster, or an entity that employs an 
insurance adjuster may not:
		(2) state or suggest, either orally or in writing, to a 
beneficiary that a specific repair person or facility or a repair 
person or facility identified on a preferred list compiled by an 
insurer must be used by a beneficiary in order for the damage repair 
or parts replacement to be covered by the policy; or
	Section _____. Article 5.07-1(g), Insurance Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(g) In the settlement of liability claims by a third-party 
against an insured for property damage claimed by the third-party, 
an insurer may not require the third-party claimant to have repairs 
made by a particular repair personsperson or facilities
facility or to use a particular brand, type, kind, age, vendor, 
supplier, or condition of parts or products.  This subsection does 
not prohibit an insurer from referring a third-party claimant to 
particular repair persons or facilities or recommending the use of 
a particular brand, type, kind, age, vendor, supplier, or condition 
of parts or products if the third-party claimant solicits this 
information.  A third-party claimant may bring an action to recover 
damages for a violation of this subsection.  A third-party claimant 
who prevails is an action under this subsection is entitled to 
recover:
		(1) the claimant's actual damages, not to exceed $5,000;               
		(2) attorney's fees as described by Chapter 38, Civil 
Practice and Remedies Code; and
		(3) court costs.                                                       
	Section ____. This Act applies only to a violation of Article 
5.07-1(b) or 5.07-1(g), Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, 
that occurs or after the effective date of this Act.  A violation of 
Article 5.07-1(b) or 5.07-1(g), Insurance Code, that occurs before 
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed 
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is 
continued in effect for this purpose.