Amend CSSB 1007 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 31.022, Insurance Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 31.022.  ELECTION [APPOINTMENT; TERM].  The 
commissioner is elected by the qualified voters at the general  
election for state and county officers for a term of four years.
[(a) The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall 
appoint the commissioner. The commissioner serves a two-year term 
that expires on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
	[(b)  The governor shall appoint the commissioner without 
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or 
national origin of the appointee.]
	SECTION __.  Section 31.024, Insurance Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 31.024.  INELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.  The 
commissioner is ineligible to be a candidate for another [a] public 
elective office in this state, unless the commissioner has resigned 
and the governor has accepted the resignation.
	SECTION __.  Section 31.027(a), Insurance Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  It is a ground for removal from office if the 
commissioner:             
		(1)  [does not have at the time of appointment the 
qualifications required by Section 31.023;
		[(2)  does not maintain during service as commissioner 
the qualifications required by Section 31.023;
		[(3)]  violates a prohibition established by Section 
33.001, 33.003, 33.004, or 33.005; or
		(2) [(4)]  cannot, because of illness or disability, 
discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the 
commissioner's term.
	SECTION __.  Section 52.092(c), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(c)  Statewide offices of the state government shall be 
listed in the following order:
		(1)  governor;                                                                
		(2)  lieutenant governor;                                                     
		(3)  attorney general;                                                        
		(4)  comptroller of public accounts;                                          
		(5)  commissioner of the General Land Office;                                 
		(6)  commissioner of agriculture;                                             
		(7)  commissioner of insurance;                                        
		(8)  railroad commissioner;                                            
		(9) [(8)]  chief justice, supreme court;              
		(10) [(9)]  justice, supreme court;                   
		(11) [(10)]  presiding judge, court of criminal 
appeals;
		(12) [(11)]  judge, court of criminal appeals.        
	SECTION __.  Section 504.401(d), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(d)  In this section, "state official" means:                                  
		(1)  a member of the legislature;                                             
		(2)  the governor;                                                            
		(3)  the lieutenant governor;                                                 
		(4)  a justice of the supreme court;                                          
		(5)  a judge of the court of criminal appeals;                                
		(6)  the attorney general;                                                    
		(7)  the commissioner of the General Land Office;                             
		(8)  the comptroller;                                                         
		(9)  a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas;                            
		(10)  the commissioner of agriculture;                                        
		(11)  the commissioner of insurance;                                   
		(12)  the secretary of state; or                                       
		(13) [(12)]  a member of the State Board of Education.
	SECTION __.  Sections 31.023 and 33.002, Insurance Code, are 
repealed.       
	SECTION __.  (a)  The first general election for 
commissioner of insurance shall be held November 2, 2010, for a 
two-year term beginning on January 1, 2011. Thereafter, the 
commissioner of insurance shall be elected to serve a four-year 
term.
	(b)  Until the first commissioner of insurance elected under 
this Act takes office, the commissioner serving on the effective 
date of this Act shall, unless otherwise removed as provided by law, 
continue in office under the prior law that governed the office, and 
that prior law is continued in effect for that purpose. If on 
January 1, 2011, there is a vacancy in the office of commissioner of 
insurance created under this Act because the first 
commissioner-elect has died or refuses or is permanently unable to 
serve, the commissioner serving on that date shall, unless 
otherwise removed as provided by law, continue in office under the 
prior law that governed the office until the governor fills the 
vacancy by appointment in the manner provided by law. The prior law 
that governed the office of the commissioner of insurance is 
continued in effect for that purpose.