By: Lucio S.B. No. 1427 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to deposits with the Texas Department of Insurance. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Insurance Code Chapter 423 is amended to add Section 423.004 to read as follows: Sec. 423.004. Statutory Deposits. (a) Notwithstanding any requirement to make a deposit with the comptroller under this Code, an insurer may make the deposit in accordance with the chapter. (b) Deposits made under the section shall: (1) be approved by the commissioner; (2) be subject to the requirements applicable to that type of deposit; and (3) be held under the commissioner's control and may not be substituted or withdrawn by the insurer without the commissioner's approval. (c) This section shall not apply to any deposit made under Chapter 406. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.