By: Carona	S.B. No. 183
	(In the Senate - Filed January 17, 2013; January 29, 2013,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
	February 13, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
	February 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 183	By:  Carona

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain inquiries made by the Texas Department of
	Insurance to insurers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 38.001, Insurance Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
	follows:
	(c)  A person receiving an inquiry under Subsection (b) shall
	respond to the inquiry in writing not later than the 15th [10th] day
	after the date the inquiry is received.  If the department receives
	written notice from the person that additional time is required to
	respond to the inquiry, the department shall grant a 10-day
	extension of the time to respond to the inquiry.
	(e)  The department shall maintain a record of all inquiries
	made by the department under this section.
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	an inquiry made by the Texas Department of Insurance on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An inquiry made before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
	the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
	for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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