By: Murphy, Torres (Senate Sponsor - Estes)	H.B. No. 2382
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2011;
	May 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
	and Commerce; May 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to notice required upon nonrenewal of property and
	casualty insurance policies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 551.105, Insurance Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 551.105.  NONRENEWAL OF POLICIES; NOTICE REQUIRED.
	Unless the insurer has mailed written notice of nonrenewal to the
	insured not later than the 30th day before the date on which the
	insurance policy expires, an insurer must renew an insurance
	policy, at the request of the insured, on the expiration of the
	policy. Notwithstanding the failure of an insurer to comply with
	this section, the policy shall terminate on the effective date of
	any replacement or succeeding insurance policy with another carrier
	with respect to the insured (a)  personal automobile, (b) home,
	farm, ranch, dwelling, duplex, or apartment, or (c)  other real or
	personal property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	* * * * *