Article 5.96A - HEARING ON POLICY FORMS AND ENDORSEMENTS(a) This article applies to any policy or endorsement form for commercial automobile insurance or commercial multiperil insurance.(b) If a hearing is requested by at least 25 persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association that has at least 25 members and if the persons, subdivision, agency, or association is affected by the policy or endorsement form, the board must hold a public hearing before a policy or endorsement form is prescribed, adopted, amended, approved, or repealed.(c) The provisions of Article 5.96 of this code that are not inconsistent with this article apply to the policy or endorsement.(d) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) through (c) of this article, on or after September 1, 1992, policy or endorsement forms for commercial motor vehicle insurance are adopted as provided by Article 5.06 of this code.Tex. INSURANCE CODE NOT CODIFIED tit. 1, ch. 5, subch. L, art. 5.96A
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 1, Sec. 2.08, eff. 9/2/1987. Subsec. (d) added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 242, Sec. 2.42, eff. 9/1/1991; Subsec. (d) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 26, eff. 9/1/1995.