Bill Text: TX HB1047 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain surety companies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1047 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1047-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1047 |
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relating to the regulation of certain surety companies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 221.002(c), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) The following premium receipts are not included in | ||
determining an insurer's taxable premium receipts: | ||
(1) premium receipts received from the business of | ||
title insurance; | ||
(2) premium receipts received from the business of | ||
life insurance, personal accident insurance, life and accident | ||
insurance, or health and accident insurance for profit, written by | ||
a life insurance company, life and accident insurance company, | ||
health and accident insurance company, or for mutual benefit or | ||
protection in this state; | ||
(3) premium receipts received from another authorized | ||
insurer for reinsurance; | ||
(4) returned premiums and dividends paid to | ||
policyholders; [ |
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(5) premiums excluded by another law of this state; | ||
and | ||
(6) premiums or service fees retained by a bail bond | ||
surety licensed under Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, or by a | ||
property and casualty agent in connection with the execution or | ||
delivery of a bail bond as defined by Section 1704.001, Occupations | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 3503, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 3503.202, 3503.203, and 3503.204 to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 3503.202. UNEARNED PREMIUM RESERVE FOR BAIL BOND NOT | ||
REQUIRED. A surety company is not required to maintain an unearned | ||
premium reserve for a bail bond, as defined by Section 1704.001, | ||
Occupations Code, executed or delivered by the company. | ||
Sec. 3503.203. DIRECT WRITTEN PREMIUM CALCULATION. Direct | ||
written premium reported by a surety company in a financial | ||
statement filed with the department may be calculated excluding any | ||
premiums or service fees retained by a bail bond surety licensed | ||
under Chapter 1704, Occupations Code, or by a property and casualty | ||
agent in connection with the execution or delivery of a bail bond as | ||
defined by Section 1704.001, Occupations Code. | ||
Sec. 3503.204. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. A surety company | ||
that executes or delivers in this state a bail bond as defined by | ||
Section 1704.001, Occupations Code, shall disclose in the company's | ||
financial statement filed with the department the aggregate amount | ||
of: | ||
(1) gross premium for bail bond business reported in | ||
the company's surety line of business; | ||
(2) premium or service fees retained by the bail bond | ||
surety or agent; and | ||
(3) premium for bail bond business received by the | ||
company, net of amounts retained by the bail bond surety or agent. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1047 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 4 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1047 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |