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
PROPOSED ACTION
The Commissioner of Insurance, at a public hearing under Docket Number 2300 
scheduled for September 16, 1997 at 9:00 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 (captioned 
"Second Petition...") seeks amendment of the Texas Automobile Rules and Rating 
Manual (the Manual), to adopt new and/or adjusted 1995-98 model Private 
Passenger Automobile Physical Damage Rating Symbols and revised identification 
information. Staff's petition (Ref. Number A-0797-21-I) was filed on July 29, 
1997. 
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 1995-98 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 (Ref. Number A-0797-21-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, 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). 
Issued in Austin, Texas, on July 15, 1997.
TRD-9709918
Caroline Scott
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance
Filed: July 31, 1997