By:  Geren, Rose, Menendez                                        H.B. No. 941

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 941:                                    

By:  Taylor                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 941



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to restrictions on the use of claims history for certain 
water damage.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2, Article 5.35-4, Insurance Code, is 
amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
		(4)  "Appliance" means a household device operated by 
gas or electric current, including hoses directly attached to the 
device.  The term includes air conditioning units, heating units, 
refrigerators, dishwashers, icemakers, clothes washers, water 
heaters, and disposals.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a residential property insurance policy delivered, issued for 
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2006.  An insurance 
policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 
2006, is governed by the law in effect immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for 
that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.