The Commissioner of Insurance, by Commissioner´s Order No. 98-0796, Docket No. 2363, has adopted amendments to the Texas Automobile Rules and Rating Manual (the Manual) and to the Texas Standard Provisions for Automobile Policies (the Standard Provisions) to eliminate the use of pre-printed dates in various forms.
Many of the prescribed forms for insuring automobiles utilize pre-printing of the century so that the year can be completed by supplying the last two digits. These forms have places where dates are to be supplied and they use "19__." There is a need to change these prescribed forms because of the approaching turn of the century. The order adopts the TIO proposal and prescribes a blank for the entire year as "____." The prescribed forms (endorsements in the Manual except where otherwise indicated) being amended are the following:
Endorsement 4M. Mobilowners Policy - Limited Period Collision (to become 4M-1.)
Endorsement 29A. Experience Modification (to become 29B.)
Endorsement 29C. Experience Modification Change (to become 29D.)
Endorsement TE 99 24A - Experience Modification (to become TE 99 24B.)
Endorsement TE 99 25A - Experience Modification Change (to become TE 99 25B)
Mobilowners Policy Declarations (in the Standard Provisions).
The amendments were adopted to become effective for policies issued on and after September 1, 1998.
Rose Ann Reeser
Senior Associate Commissioner
Regulation And Safety