BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                     H.B. 2636

                                                                                                                          By: Smithee (Brimer)

Administration

5/4/2007

Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The Texas Legislative Council is required by law to carry out a complete nonsubstantive revision of the Texas statutes. The process involves reclassifying and rearranging the statutes in a more logical order, employing a numbering system and format that will accommodate future expansion of the law; eliminating repealed, invalid, duplicative, and other ineffective provisions; and improving the draftsmanship of law if practicable. These efforts are carried out in order to make the statutes more accessible, understandable, and usable without altering the sense, meaning or effect of the law.

H.B. 2636 makes nonsubstantive revisions to certain laws concerning the Insurance Code, including conforming amendments.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

ARTICLE 1.  REVISION OF THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1951

(Pages 1-130 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 2.  UPDATES OF CROSS-REFERENCES IN TITLES 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8,

10, 11, AND 13, INSURANCE CODE

(Pages 130-248 of this bill.)

ARTICLE 3.  INSURANCE CODE UPDATE

(Pages 248-411 of this bill)

SECTION 3B.077.  Effective date: September 1, 2007.