Texas Department of Insurance
Final Action on Rules
EXEMPT FILING NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE INSURANCE CODE CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER
L, ARTICLE 5.96 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXAS ADDENDUM TO THE FIRE SUPPRESSION
RATING SCHEDULE TO CHANGE THE STORAGE LOCATION OF THE FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION
AND EXIT DRILL REPORTS.
The Commissioner adopts the proposal as noticed in the December 5, 2003
issue of the
Texas Register
(28 TexReg 10975)
to the Texas Addendum to the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule which changes
the storage location of the fire safety education and exit drill reports and
grammatically changes one sentence for ease in readability.
The amendments to TX-C, Public Fire Safety Education, Section 2, Programs
for public fire safety education, subsection b, Fire Safety in Schools, as
set forth in Exhibit 1, change the storage location of the fire safety education
and exit drill reports from the State Fire Marshal Office to the school district.
For ease in readability, the amendments also grammatically change the sentence
that pertains to the frequency of mandatory fire drills.
The Commissioner of Insurance has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant
to the Insurance Code, Articles 5.33, 5.96 and 5.98.
The amendments as adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance are on file
in the Chief Clerk’s Office of the Texas Department of Insurance under
Reference No. F-1103-24-I and are incorporated by reference into Commissioner’s
Order No. 04-0136.
IT IS THEREFORE THE ORDER of the Commissioner of Insurance that amendments
to the Texas Addendum to the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule set forth in
Exhibit 1 attached to this Order and incorporated into this Order by reference,
be adopted and applicable to be effective on the 15th day after publication
of the notification of the Commissioner’s action in the
Texas Register
.
TRD-200400899
Gene C. Jarmon
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: February 10, 2004
EXEMPT FILING NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE INSURANCE CODE CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER
L, ARTICLE 5.96
Notice is given that the Commissioner of Insurance will consider a proposal
made in a staff petition which seeks amendments of the Texas Automobile Rules
and Rating Manual (the Manual), to adopt new and/or adjusted 2004 model Private
Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Rating Symbols and revised identification
information. Staff’s petition (Ref. No. A-0204-02-I, was filed on February
11, 2004.
The new and/or adjusted symbols for the Manual’s Symbols and Identification
Section reflect data compiled on damageability, repairability, and other relevant
loss factors for the listed 2004 model vehicles.
A copy of the petition, including a 102-page exhibit with the full text
of the proposed amendments to the Manual is available for review in the office
of the Chief Clerk of the Texas Department of Insurance, 333 Guadalupe Street,
Austin, Texas. For further information or to request copies of the petition,
please contact Sylvia Gutierrez at (512) 463-6327; refer to (Ref. No.
A-0204-02-I).
Comments on the proposed changes must be submitted in writing no later
than 5:00 p.m. on March 22, 2004 to the Office of the Chief Clerk, Texas Department
of Insurance, P. O. Box 149104, MC 113-2A, Austin, Texas 78714-9104. An additional
copy of comments is to be simultaneously submitted to Marilyn Hamilton, Associate
Commissioner, Property & Casualty Program, Texas Department of Insurance,
P. O. Box 149104, MC 104-PC, Austin, Texas 78714-9104.
A public hearing on this matter will not be held unless a separate request
for a hearing is submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk during the comment
period defined above.
This notification is made pursuant to Insurance Code Article 5.96, which
exempts it from the requirements of the Government Code, Chapter 2001 (Administrative
Procedure Act).
TRD-200400957
Gene C. Jarmon
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: February 11, 2004
Final Action on Rules