Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. No. 14 (Jackson/Smithee)











By:  Jackson                                  S.R. No. 1100



SENATE RESOLUTION
	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 79th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, That Senate Rule 12.03 be 
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
	Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee 
to add the following SECTION to the bill:
	SECTION 6.  Subsection(d), Article 5.43, 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 Subsection (d), Article 5.43, 
Insurance Code, is necessary to make certain that Subsection (d), 
Article 5.43, Insurance Code, applies to insurers that use 
certain types of tier classifications or discount programs.





_______________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
     I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 29, 2005, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.



_______________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate