H.B. No. 1902
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to maximum liability limits for windstorm and hail
  insurance coverage provided through the Texas Windstorm Insurance
  Association.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2210.501(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The  board of directors shall propose the maximum
  liability limits under a windstorm and hail insurance policy issued
  by the association under this chapter.  The maximum liability
  limits are considered [must be] approved by the commissioner unless
  the commissioner disapproves or modifies the liability limits by
  order issued not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt
  of a filing under Section 2210.503.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2210.504(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Not later than the 30th [60th] day after the date the
  commissioner disapproves or modifies [of receipt of] a filing under
  Section 2210.503, and after notice and hearing, the commissioner by
  order shall approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed adjustment
  to the maximum liability limits.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a proposed maximum liability limit filed on or after January 1,
  2020. A proposed maximum liability limit filed before January 1,
  2020, 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1902 was passed by the House on April
  12, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1902 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor