H.B. No. 1902
AN ACT
relating to maximum liability limits for windstorm and hail
insurance coverage provided through the Texas Windstorm Insurance
Association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2210.501(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board of directors shall propose the maximum
liability limits under a windstorm and hail insurance policy issued
by the association under this chapter. The maximum liability
limits are considered [must be] approved by the commissioner unless
the commissioner disapproves or modifies the liability limits by
order issued not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt
of a filing under Section 2210.503.
SECTION 2. Section 2210.504(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Not later than the 30th [60th] day after the date the
commissioner disapproves or modifies [of receipt of] a filing under
Section 2210.503, and after notice and hearing, the commissioner by
order shall approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed adjustment
to the maximum liability limits.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a proposed maximum liability limit filed on or after January 1,
2020. A proposed maximum liability limit filed before January 1,
2020, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1902 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1902 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor