Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB498 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Taylor of Galveston, et al. S.B. No. 498
2		-	(Bonnen of Brazoria)
	1	+	S.B. No. 498
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to building code requirements for residential property
8	6		insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 2210.251(f), Insurance Code, is amended
11	9		to read as follows:
12	10		(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
13	11		insurance coverage for a residential structure may be issued or
14	12		renewed through the association subject to the inspection
15	13		requirements imposed under Section 2210.258, if applicable. [This
16	14		subsection expires December 31, 2015.]
17	15		SECTION 2. Sections 2210.258(a) and (c), Insurance Code,
18	16		are amended to read as follows:
19	17		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) [and Section
20	18		2210.2581] and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
21	19		to be eligible for insurance through the association, all
22	20		construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of,
23	21		or addition to, any structure located in the catastrophe area that
24	22		is begun on or after the effective date of Sections 5 through 49,
25	23		H.B. [No.] 4409, [Acts of the] 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
26	24		2009, must be performed in compliance with the applicable building
27	25		code standards, as set forth in the plan of operation.
28	26		(c) The association may insure a residential structure
29	27		constructed, altered, remodeled, enlarged, repaired, or added to on
30	28		or after June 19, 2009, that is not in compliance with the
31	29		applicable building code standards, as set forth in the plan of
32	30		operation, provided that:
33	31		(1) the structure had been insured on or after June 19,
34	32		2009, by an insurer in the private market that canceled or
35	33		nonrenewed the insurance coverage of the structure [before December
36	34		31, 2015];
37	35		(2) the applicant provides to the association proof
38	36		that insurance coverage that was issued to the applicant or the
39	37		previous insured for the structure was canceled or nonrenewed in
40	38		the private market as described by Subdivision (1); and
41	39		(3) no construction, alteration, remodeling,
42	40		enlargement, or repair of, or addition to, the structure occurred
43	41		after cancellation or nonrenewal of the coverage and before
44	42		submission of an application for coverage through the association.
45	43		SECTION 3. Section 2210.2581, Insurance Code, is repealed.
46	44		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
47	45		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
48	46		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
49	47		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
50	48		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	49	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	50	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	51	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 498 passed the Senate on
	52	+	April 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 6.
	53	+	______________________________
	54	+	Secretary of the Senate
	55	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 498 passed the House on
	56	+	May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 29, one
	57	+	present not voting.
	58	+	______________________________
	59	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	60	+	Approved:
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Date
	63	+	______________________________
	64	+	Governor