TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
Notification Pursuant to the Insurance Code, Chapter 5, Subchapter L
As required by the Insurance Code, Article 5.96 and 5.97, the Texas Register 
publishes notice of proposed actions by the Texas Board of Insurance. Notice of 
action proposed under Article 5.96 must be published in the Texas Register not 
later than the 30th day before the board adopts the proposal. Notice of action 
proposed under Article 5.97 must be published in the Texas Register not later 
than the 10th day before the Board of Insurance adopts the proposal. The 
Administrative Procedure Act, the Government Code, Chapters 2001 and 2002, does 
not apply to board action under Articles 5.96 and 5.97.
The complete text of the proposal summarized here may be examined in the offices 
of the Texas Department of Insurance, 333 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78714-
9104.)
This notification is made pursuant to the Insurance Code, Article 5.96, which 
exempts it from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Texas Department of Insurance
Proposed Action
The Commissioner of Insurance, at a public hearing under Docket No. 2383 
scheduled for November 4, 1998 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 100 of the William P. 
Hobby Jr. State Office Building, 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, will 
consider a proposal made in a staff petition. Staff's petition seeks amendment 
of the Texas Automobile Rules and Rating Manual (the Manual), to adopt new 
and/or adjusted 1997, 1998, and 1999 model Private Passenger Automobile Physical 
Damage Rating Symbols and revised identification information. Staff's petition 
(Ref. No. A-0998-25-I), was filed on September 8, 1998. 
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 1997, 1998, and 1999 model vehicles. 
A copy of the petition, including an 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 
Angie Arizpe at (512) 463-6326; refer to (Ref. No. A-0998-25-I). 
Comments on the proposed changes must be submitted in writing within 30 days 
after publication of the proposal in the Texas Register, 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 submitted to David 
Durden, Deputy Commissioner, Automobile and Homeowners Group, Texas Department 
of Insurance, P. O. Box 149104, MC 104-5A, Austin, Texas 78714-9104.
This notification is made pursuant to the Insurance Code, Article 5.96, which 
exempts it from the requirements of the Government Code, Chapter 2001 
(Administrative Procedure Act). 
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal 
counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's authority. 
TRD-9814555
Lynda H. Nesenholtz
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: September 15, 1998