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.