79R14570 PB-F


By:  Eiland                                                       H.B. No. 1891

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1891:                                   

By:  Isett                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 1891



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain insurers subject to the Texas Windstorm 
Insurance Association.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 3(k), Article 21.49, Insurance Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(k) "Insurers" means all property insurers authorized to 
transact property insurance in this State and specifically includes 
and makes this Act applicable to county mutual companies, Lloyds 
and reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges, but shall not include:
		(1) [(a)]  farm mutual insurance companies operating 
under [as authorized in] Chapter 911 [16] of this Code;
		(2)  nonaffiliated [(b)] county mutual fire insurance 
companies described by Section 912.310 of this code which are 
writing exclusively industrial fire insurance policies as 
described by Subsection (a)(2) of that section [defined in Article 
17.02 of this Code]; and
		(3) [(c)]  any companies now operating under Chapters 
12 and 13 of Title 78 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, 
as amended, which have heretofore been repealed.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.