Bill Text: TX SB1455 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1455 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the protection of trade secrets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1455 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1455-Introduced.html

	2011S0667-1 03/09/11

	By: Carona	S.B. No. 1455


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the protection of trade secrets.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2251.107, Insurance Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 2251.107. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF INFORMATION. Each filing
	made, and any supporting information filed, under this chapter is:
	(1) public information; and
	(2) subject to the provisions of Chapter 552,
	Government Code [~~open to public inspection as of the date of the~~
	~~filing~~].
	SECTION 2. Subdivision (8), Section 2251.002, Insurance
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(8) "Supporting information" means:
	(A) the experience and judgment of the filer and
	the experience or information of other insurers or advisory
	organizations on which the filer relied;
	(B) the interpretation of any other information
	on which the filer relied;
	(C) a description of the methods used in making a
	rate; and
	(D) any other information the department
	requires to be filed under Section 38.001.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.