TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCENotification 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.

Proposed
The Commissioner of Insurance, at a public hearing under Docket Number 2212 
scheduled for April 18, 1996, at 9:00 a.m in Room 100 of the Texas Department of 
Insurance 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 
1996 model Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Rating Symbols and 
revised identification information. Staff's petition (Reference Number A-0296-
06-I) was filed on February 29, 1996. This proposal will be considered together 
with Docket Number 2211, staff's petition (Reference Number 0296-03-I) filed on 
February 6, 1996, which also seeks amendment to the manual, to adopt new and/or 
adjusted 1992 through 1996 model Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage 
Rating Symbols and revised identification information.
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 various model years of the listed vehicles.
A copy of the petition containing 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) 322-6326; refer to (Reference Number A-0296-06-I).  
Written comments should be directed to 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, Property and Casualty Insurance Lines, 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 within the agency's authority to adopt.
Issued in Austin, Texas on March 5, 1996.
TRD-9603127
Alicia M. Fechtel 
General Counsel and Chief Clerk 
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: March 5, 1996
For further information, please call: (512) 463-6327