Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 14 (Jackson/Smithee)
By: Smithee H.R. No. 2247
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 14 (rates for certain
property and casualty insurance) to consider and take action on the
following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add the following SECTION to the bill:
SECTION 6. Article 5.43(d), Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) This article applies to an insurer that uses a tier
classification or discount program that has a premium consequence
based in whole or in part on claims experience without regard to
whether any of the policies that continuously covered the
policyholder, as described by Subsections (b)(1) and (2) of this
article, was a different type of residential property insurance
policy from the policy eligible for the discount.
Explanation: Amending Article 5.43(d), Insurance Code, is
necessary to make certain that Article 5.43(d), Insurance Code,
applies to insurers that use certain types of tier classifications
or discount programs.