Bill Text: TX HB2382 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to notice required upon nonrenewal of property and casualty insurance policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2382 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2382-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2382 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2382 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2382 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
