S.B. No. 498

	AN ACT
	relating to building code requirements for residential property
	insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2210.251(f), Insurance Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
	insurance coverage for a residential structure may be issued or
	renewed through the association subject to the inspection
	requirements imposed under Section 2210.258, if applicable.  [This
	subsection expires December 31, 2015.]
	SECTION 2.  Sections 2210.258(a) and (c), Insurance Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) [and Section
	2210.2581] and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
	to be eligible for insurance through the association, all
	construction, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, and repair of,
	or addition to, any structure located in the catastrophe area that
	is begun on or after the effective date of Sections 5 through 49,
	H.B. [No.] 4409, [Acts of the] 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
	2009, must be performed in compliance with the applicable building
	code standards, as set forth in the plan of operation.
	(c)  The association may insure a residential structure
	constructed, altered, remodeled, enlarged, repaired, or added to on
	or after June 19, 2009, that is not in compliance with the
	applicable building code standards, as set forth in the plan of
	operation, provided that:
	(1)  the structure had been insured on or after June 19,
	2009, by an insurer in the private market that canceled or
	nonrenewed the insurance coverage of the structure [before December
	31, 2015];
	(2)  the applicant provides to the association proof
	that insurance coverage that was issued to the applicant or the
	previous insured for the structure was canceled or nonrenewed in
	the private market as described by Subdivision (1); and
	(3)  no construction, alteration, remodeling,
	enlargement, or repair of, or addition to, the structure occurred
	after cancellation or nonrenewal of the coverage and before
	submission of an application for coverage through the association.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2210.2581, Insurance Code, is repealed.
	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, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 498 passed the Senate on
	April 21, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 6.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 498 passed the House on
	May 18, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 106, Nays 29, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor