ATTACHMENT B
Bills Enacted During the 80thLegislative SessionRelating toProperty and Casualty Insurance and
Workers’ Compensation Insurance that
May Require Insurer Action or Awareness
House Bill 84Relating to issuance and renewal of a drivers license for an elderly person.
House Bill 472Relating to the regulation of third-party administrators, including administrators with delegated duties in the workers' compensation system of this state; providing penalties.
House Bill 576Relating to a bid bond form required for bid deposit on certain special district construction projects.
House Bill 716Relating to mortgage fraud; providing criminal penalties.
House Bill 1038Relating to the operation of the Texas Residential Construction Commission.
House Bill 1070Relating to liability insurance requirements for certain amusement rides.
House Bill 2261Relating to the regulation of certain service contracts.
House Bill 2551Relating to refund of excessive or unfairly discriminatory premium; providing penalties.
House Bill 2708Relating to the nature of certain promotional event prize programs.
House Bill 3358Relating to prior approval of property and casualty insurance rates under certain circumstances.
Senate Bill 704Relating to theTexasBuilding and Procurement Commission, now Texas Facilities Commission(TFC), to maintain a small contractorparticipation assistance program for small contractors participating in public works projects that will involve a contract or multiple contracts with an estimated cost of more than $1 million.
The program must provide several types of assistance to small contractors, including a method developed with guidance from TDI to assist these contractors with preparing bond applications and obtaining bonds required to participate in the program. TDI will also assist the TFC with training information relating to these bonds.
Senate Bill 849Relating to submission of annual reports by farm mutual insurance companies.
Senate Bill 1138Requires post secondary educational institutions to provide a risk management program, at least once during each academic year, for members of student organizations registered at the institution. Requires that unless the postsecondary educational institution requires each student organization to have representatives of the organization attend a program, the institution must adopt a policy that specifies one or more of those student organizations that are required to have representatives attend.
Section 2 requires TDI to present a report to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House and standing committees in the House and Senate on results of a study that includes:
(1)the levels and types of insurance coverage fraternities at institutions of higher education in this state are required to carry by the fraternities' chartering or national organizations;
(2)the availability and affordability of the levels and types of insurance coverage; and
(3)whether the levels and types of insurance coverage are available.
Results of the study must be submitted by January 1, 2009.
Senate Bill 1263Relating to regulation and licensing of certain insurance agents (personal lines license).
Senate Bill 1436Relating to the transfer of responsibility for the National Flood Insurance Program from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the Texas Water Development Board and the administration and funding of the program and to the creation of a center to study elevation and related data; providing for the imposition of penalties.