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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to operating requirements for farm mutual insurance  | 
         
         
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            companies related to insurance in force on rural property. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 911.301, Insurance Code, is amended by  | 
         
         
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            amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read  | 
         
         
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            as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (a)  In this section: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  "Census year" means a year in which the United  | 
         
         
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            States Census Bureau conducts a federal decennial census. | 
         
         
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                         (2)  "Rural [, "rural] property" means property located  | 
         
         
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            outside an area of land subject to the taxing authority of a  | 
         
         
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            municipality with a population of more than  6,500, adjusted in  | 
         
         
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            accordance with Subsection (e) [2,500]. | 
         
         
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                   (e)  On January 1 of the second year following a census year,  | 
         
         
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            the population limit described by Subsection (a)(2) increases or  | 
         
         
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            decreases by a percentage that is equal to the percentage increase  | 
         
         
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            or decrease in the population of this state from the previous  | 
         
         
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            decennial census. | 
         
         
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                   (f)  Not later than November 1 of the year following a census  | 
         
         
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            year, the commissioner shall: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  compute the new population limit in accordance  | 
         
         
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            with Subsection (e); and | 
         
         
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                         (2)  publish the limit on the department's Internet  | 
         
         
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            website. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |