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Amend CSSB 1007 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Insert a new ARTICLE in the bill, appropriately 
numbered, to read as follows:


ARTICLE __.  POLICY FORMS
	SECTION __.001.  Section 2301.008, Insurance Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 2301.008.  ADOPTION AND USE OF STANDARD 
FORMS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] 
commissioner may adopt standard insurance policy forms, printed 
endorsement forms, and related forms other than insurance policy 
forms and printed endorsement forms.
	(b)  The commissioner shall adopt standard insurance policy 
forms, printed endorsement forms, and related forms other than 
insurance policy forms and printed endorsement forms for use by an 
insurer in writing residential property insurance.
	(c)  In[, that an insurer may use instead of the insurer's 
own forms in] writing insurance subject to this subchapter other 
than residential property insurance, an insurer may use the 
standard forms adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (a) 
instead of the insurer's own forms.  In writing residential 
property insurance, an insurer shall use the standard forms in the 
manner prescribed by Section 2301.0525.
	SECTION __.002.  Section 2301.052(b), Insurance Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Subject to Section 2301.0525, an [An] insurer may 
continue to use an insurance policy form or endorsement 
promulgated, approved, or adopted under Article 5.06 or 5.35 before 
June 11, 2003, on written notification to the commissioner that the 
insurer will continue to use the form or endorsement.
	SECTION __.003.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2301, Insurance Code, 
is amended by adding Section 2301.0525 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2301.0525.  USE OF CERTAIN STANDARD INSURANCE POLICY 
FORMS REQUIRED.  (a)  Each insurer that writes residential property 
insurance in this state shall use the standard insurance policy 
forms adopted by the commissioner under Section 2301.008 for 
residential property insurance and, subject to Subsection (b), may 
also use alternative policy forms approved by the commissioner 
under Section 2301.006.
	(b)  An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery in this 
state a residential property insurance policy unless the insurer 
informs all applicants for that insurance coverage, in the manner 
prescribed by commissioner rule, that an applicant otherwise 
qualified for that insurance coverage under this code may elect to 
obtain residential property insurance coverage under a standard 
insurance policy adopted by the commissioner under Section 
2301.008.
	SECTION _.004.  This article applies only to an insurance 
policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after 
January 1, 2010.  A policy delivered, issued for delivery, or 
renewed before January 1, 2010, is governed by the law as it existed 
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	(2)  Renumber the ARTICLES of the bill accordingly.