Amend CSSB 1806 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill, in the transition provision, by striking Subsections (b) and (c) (page 2, lines 9 through 20) and substituting the following:

(b)  Section 981.105, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, applies to an action to enforce Section 981.105, Insurance Code, that is:

(1)  pending on the effective date of this Act;

(2)  brought on or after the effective date of this Act against a surplus lines agent for policies filed after the filing deadline prescribed by Subsection (a), Section 981.105, Insurance Code, and filed during the 2010 calendar year; or

(3)  brought on or after the effective date of this Act against a surplus lines agent for policies filed after the filing deadline prescribed by Subsection (a), Section 981.105, Insurance Code, and filed during the 2011 calendar year.

(c)  Not later than December 1, 2011, the Texas Department of Insurance shall provide notice to each surplus lines agent to which Subdivisions (1) and (2) of Subsection (b) of this section apply of the amount of fees assessed. The surplus lines agent shall pay the fee not later than the 30th day after the date of the notice.

(d)  The notice and payment provisions described by Subsection (i), Section 981.105, Insurance Code, as added by this Act, apply to policies filed during or after the 2011 calendar year.