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TX SB2571

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mayes Middleton

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new funding framework (Subchapter B-2) for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) excess losses and operating expenses incurred after December 31, 2025, while maintaining existing rules (Subchapter B-1) for losses incurred before January 1, 2026

  • Authorizes member assessments capped at 33% of TWIA's probable maximum loss per catastrophe year to cover losses not paid from reserves or trust funds, with members prohibited from recouping assessments through premium surcharges or tax credits

  • Allows issuance of Class 1 public securities up to 33% of probable maximum loss per catastrophe year, with repayment required within 14 years and securities to be paid through net premium revenue or catastrophe area premium surcharges

  • Eliminates Class 2 and Class 3 public securities as funding mechanisms effective January 1, 2026, consolidating the funding structure to rely on Class 1 public securities only

  • Permits association members to purchase reinsurance to cover their potential assessment liability and requires the Commissioner of Insurance to adopt implementing rules by December 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to funding of excess losses and operating expenses of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association; authorizing an assessment.

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Last Action

Left pending in committee

4/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Business & Commerce4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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