| 1 | 1 | | By: Jackson S.B. No. 944 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2011; March 8, 2011, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | March 15, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; March 15, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the creation of an advisory committee to make |
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| 11 | 11 | | recommendations to the commissioner of insurance regarding certain |
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| 12 | 12 | | automobile insurance claims. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 1952.308 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 1952.308. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory |
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| 17 | 17 | | committee shall make recommendations to the commissioner |
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| 18 | 18 | | regarding: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the enforcement of this subchapter; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) preventing and penalizing the processing of |
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| 21 | 21 | | third-party claims for damage to a motor vehicle in violation of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Chapters 541 and 542; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) procedures, parts, or products used to repair a |
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| 24 | 24 | | motor vehicle; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) rules and procedures related to automobile |
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| 26 | 26 | | insurance claims for the costs of towing and storing motor |
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| 27 | 27 | | vehicles; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) any other matter relating to automobile insurance |
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| 29 | 29 | | and the repair of motor vehicles. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The advisory committee is composed of nine members |
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| 31 | 31 | | appointed by the commissioner as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) three members who represent motor vehicle repair |
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| 33 | 33 | | facilities; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) three members who represent the public; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) three members who represent the automobile |
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| 36 | 36 | | insurance industry. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) A member of the advisory committee serves without |
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| 38 | 38 | | compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable |
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| 39 | 39 | | expenses incurred in attending meetings of the advisory committee. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 41 | 41 | | * * * * * |
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