79R7912 PB-F

By:  Eiland                                                       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 [which are writing 
exclusively industrial fire insurance policies as 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as amended, which have heretofore been repealed.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.