TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCENotification Pursuant to the Insurance Code, 
Chapter 5, Subchapter LAs 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
Notification Pursuant to the Texas Insurance Code, Chapter 5, Subchapter L, 
Article 5.96

PROPOSED
The Commissioner of Insurance, at a public hearing under Docket Number 2264 
scheduled for November 26, 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 1997 model Private Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Rating 
Symbols and revised identification information. Staff's petition (Reference 
Number A-1096-48-I) was filed on October 16, 1996. 
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 model 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 Angie Arizpe at 
(512) 463-6326; refer to (Reference Number A-1096-48-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 should 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 October 18, 1996.
TRD-9615313
Caroline Scott
General Counsel
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: October 18, 1996