Texas Register
(24 TexReg 11539). The amendments
were considered at a public hearing on January 18, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. under
Docket Number 2434 in Room 100 of the William P. Hobby Jr., State Office Building,
333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. The purpose of the amendments is to
allow a group to establish a pre-determined premium discount evaluation date
that is used in lieu of a common expiration date for determining the premium
discount for the group. The amendments also make editorial changes by amending
the post office box number and zip code for the Workers' Compensation Division
and by correcting punctuation marks in the rule and on the forms.
The adopted changes to Rule XVIII of the Manual define the term "pre-determined
premium discount evaluation date" as the date agreed upon by the group and
the insuring carrier and set forth in the group's plan of operation used in
lieu of a common expiration date by the members of the group. Since the group
must use either the common expiration date or the pre-determined premium discount
evaluation date, any time the common expiration date is mentioned in the rule,
the term "pre-determined premium discount evaluation date is added. In addition
Form GPP-1 and GPP-2 are amended to include the pre-determined premium discount
evaluation date and to update the post office box and zip code of the Workers'
Compensation Division of the Texas Department of Insurance.
The Commissioner adopted the amendments to the rule and to the forms without
changes to the proposal as noticed in the
Texas Register
.
The amendments as adopted by the Commissioner of Insurance are shown in
the petition on file with the Chief Clerk under Reference Number W-9999-15,
which are incorporated by reference into Commissioner's Order Number 00-0149.
The Commissioner has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to the Insurance
Code, Articles 5.56, 5.57A and 5.96.
This notification is made pursuant to the Insurance Code, Article 5.96,
which exempts action taken under this article from the requirements of the
Government Code, Title 10, Chapter 200. (Administrative Procedure Act).
Consistent with the Insurance Code, Article 5.96 (h), prior to the effective
date of this action, the Texas Department of Insurance will notify all insurers
affected by this action.
The agency hereby certifies that the adopted amendments have been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
IT IS THEREFORE THE ORDER of the Commissioner of Insurance that the amendments
to Rule XVIII and Forms GPP-1 and GPP-2 contained in the Texas Basic Manual
of Rules, Classifications and Experience Rating Plan for Workers' Compensation
and Employers' Liability Insurance which are attached and incorporated hereto
are hereby adopted to be effective fifteen days of notice of this adoption
is published in the
Texas Register
.
TRD-200000966
Lynda Nesenholtz
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: February 8, 2000