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  H.B. No. 1919
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the maturity dates of certain annuities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1107.006, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1107.006.  MATURITY DATE. [(a)]  In determining the
  value of benefits under Sections 1107.102, 1107.103, and 1107.104,
  [and subject to Subsection (b), if an annuity contract permits an
  election to have annuity payments begin on optional maturity
  dates,] the maturity date is [considered to be] the latest date on
  which an election is permitted by the contract, but [.
         [(b)  A maturity date determined under this section may] not
  [be] later than the later of:
               (1)  the next anniversary of the annuity contract that
  follows the annuitant's 70th birthday; or
               (2)  the 10th anniversary of the contract.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an annuity that is
  delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after June 1, 2010.
  An annuity that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
  before June 1, 2010, is governed by the law as it existed
  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1919 was passed by the House on April
  15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1919 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1919 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor