H.B. No. 1571




AN ACT

relating to requirements for a group life insurance policy to be 
issued for certain employee groups.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1131.203(a), Insurance Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	[(a)]  The policyholder must pay the premium for the policy:  
		(1)  wholly from the employer's fund or funds 
contributed by the employer;  [or]
		(2)  partly from funds described by Subdivision (1) and 
partly from funds contributed by the insured employees; or
		(3)  wholly from funds contributed by the insured 
employees.         
	SECTION 2.  Sections 1131.203(b) and 1131.204(b), Insurance 
Code, are repealed.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a group life insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or 
renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An insurance 
policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect 
immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect 
for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1571 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1571 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor