HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Insurance

TIME & DATE: 10:00AM, Monday, February 24, 2003

PLACE: E2.026

CHAIR: Rep. John T. Smithee

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 ***BILL AUTHORS WILL LAY OUT BILLS. NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN.***

PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON POSTED BILLS WILL BE TAKEN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2003,
AT 1:30PM OR UPON ADJOURNMENT IN THE JOHN H. REAGAN BUILDING, ROOM 120.


HB 683            Goolsby
Relating to the cancellation of certain insurance policies.

HB 259            Riddle
Relating to the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines
based on credit scores; providing penalties.

HB 596            Dukes
Relating to insurer notice to applicants for insurance coverage
regarding coverage tiers used by the insurer.

HB 696            Gutierrez
Relating to the prohibition of the use of credit reports in certain
insurance underwriting decisions; providing penalties.

HB 870            Flores
Relating to prohibiting the use of an individual's credit history
or credit score in underwriting or determining premiums for certain
consumer lines of insurance; providing a penalty.

HB 330            Hochberg
Relating to notice of premium rate increase of certain property and
casualty insurers.

HB 331            Hochberg
Relating to credit scoring in underwriting and rating certain
consumer lines of insurance coverage; providing a penalty.

HB 45            Turner
Relating to the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines
based on credit history; providing penalties.

HB 600            Wolens / et al.
Relating to the regulation and reform of certain lines of
insurance; providing a penalty.

HB 113            Burnam
Relating to the regulation and reform of certain consumer lines of
property and casualty insurance; providing a penalty.

HB 114            Burnam
Relating to rates for certain lines of property and casualty
insurance.

HB 115            Burnam
Relating to the use of credit scoring in underwriting certain lines
of insurance coverage; providing a penalty.

HB 116            Burnam
Relating to the Texas Residential Property Insurance Plan
Association.

HB 117            Burnam
Relating to a rate rollback for homeowners and residential fire and
allied lines insurance.

HB 118            Burnam
Relating to access to motor vehicle insurance coverage for good
drivers; providing penalties.

HB 121            Burnam
Relating to policy forms for personal fire and homeowners
insurance.

HB 122            Burnam
Relating to the withdrawal of certain insurers from the insurance
market.

HB 123            Burnam
Relating to specialized training for certain insurance adjusters.

HB 125            Burnam
Relating to requirements for underwriting guidelines used in
writing certain consumer lines of insurance; providing a penalty.

HB 962            Burnam
Relating to cancellation of certain insurance policies.

HB 265            Thompson
Relating to the use of credit scoring in the underwriting and
rating of personal automobile and residential property insurance.

HB 920            Eiland
Relating to the use of credit scoring in certain personal lines of
insurance.

HB 96            Seaman / et al.
Relating to policy forms for certain residential property insurance
policies.

HB 98            Seaman / et al.
Relating to insurance issues regarding the use of mold, fire, and
water resistant materials in residential building and repairs.

HB 99            Seaman
Relating to premium discounts for certain residential property
insurance policies.

HB 101            Seaman
Relating to mediation of certain claims involving unfair methods of
competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the
business of insurance.

HB 241            Seaman
Relating to notice of certain changes in residential property
insurance coverage on renewal.

HB 392            Seaman
Relating to the licensing of public insurance adjusters.

HB 746            Smithee
Relating to policy forms and endorsements for personal automobile
and residential property insurance.

HB 747            Smithee
Relating to procedures by insurers for handling water damage
claims.

HB 748            Smithee
Relating to automobile and residential property insurance rate
regulation.

HB 750            Smithee
Relating to the definition of unfair methods of competition and
unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of
insurance.

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