Bill Text: TX HB2408 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-22 - Left pending in committee [HB2408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2408-Introduced.html
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By: Herrero | H.B. No. 2408 |
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relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas | ||
Windstorm Insurance Association. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 2210.102(a), (c), (f), and (g), | ||
Insurance Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of directors is composed of 11 [ |
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appointment, reside in the first tier coastal counties. One [ |
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property and casualty agent who is licensed under this code and is | ||
not a captive agent. Other members appointed under this subsection: | ||
(1) must be association policyholders nominated by the | ||
office of public insurance counsel; and | ||
(2) may not be property and casualty agents. | ||
(f) Insurers who are members of the association shall | ||
nominate, from among those members, persons to fill any vacancy in | ||
the four board of director seats reserved for representatives of | ||
the insurance industry. The board of directors shall solicit | ||
nominations from the members and submit the nominations to the | ||
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three more names than the number of vacancies. The governor | ||
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representatives from the nominee slate. | ||
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serve as a nonvoting member of the board to advise the board | ||
regarding issues relating to the inspection process. The governor | ||
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subsection to a person who is a qualified inspector under Section | ||
2210.254. The nonvoting member appointed under this subsection | ||
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(1) be an engineer licensed by, and in good standing | ||
with, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers; | ||
(2) reside in a first tier coastal county; and | ||
(3) be knowledgeable of, and have professional | ||
expertise in, wind-related design and construction practices in | ||
coastal areas that are subject to high winds and hurricanes. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 2210.103(a) and (c), Insurance Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Members of the board of directors serve two-year | ||
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(c) A member of the board of directors may be removed by the | ||
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the association's website. The governor [ |
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appoint a replacement in the manner provided by Section 2210.102 | ||
for a member who leaves or is removed from the board of directors. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The board of directors of the Texas | ||
Windstorm Insurance Association established under Section | ||
2210.102, Insurance Code, as that section existed before amendment | ||
by this Act, is abolished effective December 1, 2015. | ||
(b) The governor shall appoint the members of the board of | ||
directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association under | ||
Section 2210.102, Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, not later | ||
than December 1, 2015. | ||
(c) The term of a person who is serving as a member of the | ||
board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association | ||
immediately before the abolition of that board under Subsection (a) | ||
of this section expires on December 1, 2015. Such a person is | ||
eligible for appointment by the governor to the new board of | ||
directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, subject to | ||
the requirements of Section 2210.102, Insurance Code, as amended by | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |