By: Johnson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Middleton) H.B. No. 2213
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025;
  May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 22, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas
  Windstorm Insurance Association.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 2210.102(b), (c-1), and (d), Insurance
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Three members must be:
               (1)  representatives of the insurance industry who
  actively write or sell [and renew] windstorm and hail insurance in
  the first tier coastal counties; and
               (2)  residents of this state.
         (c-1)  At least one [One] of the members appointed under
  Subsection (c) must be a property and casualty agent who is licensed
  under this code, is actively offering or selling Texas windstorm
  and hail insurance policies under this chapter, and is not a captive
  agent.
         (d)  Three members must reside in an area of this state that
  is located outside a catastrophe area [more than 100 miles from the
  Texas coastline].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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