79R4429 AJA-D

By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 1244



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the venue for a suit filed by an insurance company under 
the insurer's right of subrogation or a similar right.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 541, Insurance Code, as 
effective April 1, 2005, is amended by adding Section 541.062 to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 541.062.  FILING OF SUIT IN CERTAIN VENUE.  It is an 
unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or 
practice in the business of insurance to file in a venue other than 
proper venue, as defined by Section 15.001, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code, a suit against a natural person to recover under a 
right of subrogation or a similar right to reimbursement from a 
third party money paid by the insurer to a claimant under an 
insurance policy.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a suit filed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A suit 
filed before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately 
before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.