Amend CSHB 272 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 10, line 8, between "(1)" and "require", insert "except as provided by Subsection (c),".
(2) On page 10, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), an insured that is a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose may file a claim under a policy to which this section applies not later than the two-year anniversary of the date on which the insured discovers the damage to the property that is the basis of the claim.
(3) On page 13, line 3, between "2009," and "and", insert "except a policy issued to a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose,".
(4) On page 14, line 12, strike "and".
(5) On page 14, line 13, between "discriminatory" and the period, insert the following:
; and
(3) is not applied to a policy issued to a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose".
(6) On page 17, line 6, strike "only".
(7) On page 17, line 10, between "Code" and the period, insert ", unless the action is brought under or in relation to a policy issued to an insured that is a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose".
(8) On page 17, line 19, between "aggrieved" and the period, insert ", unless the action is on a policy issued to an insured that is a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose".
(9) On page 21, line 24, immediately following the period, insert "This section does not apply to claims involving a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose. The right of a church or other house of worship, prayer, or religious purpose to judicial review and trial by jury may not be abridged or restrained."