Building Code Advisory Committee Meeting

January 16, 2002

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

The Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee on Specifications and Maintenance will hold a meeting of the advisory committee on January 16, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 102 of the William P. Hobby State Office Building, 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. Topics to be discussed include proposed changes to the current windstorm building code specifications and the effect that structural provisions of the new International Residential Code may have on the current windstorm building code. Only those proposed changes that are submitted to the Texas Department of Insurance not later than the 30th day before the date of the scheduled meeting and in compliance with the Insurance Code, Article 21.49, §6C, as enacted by Senate Bill 677, 76th Legislature, will be discussed at the meeting.

The Committee, appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance, operates pursuant to Article 21.49, §6C of the Insurance Code, which was enacted by the 76th Legislature in S.B. 677 to be effective on September 1, 1999. The purpose of the Committee is to advise and make recommendations to the Commissioner on windstorm building code specifications that are required for structures to be certified by the Department for insurability by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). All interested parties, including members of the general public, are invited to attend. Persons interested in additional information and/or in obtaining a copy of the form for proposing changes may contact the Engineering Section of the Texas Department of Insurance at 512/322-2212.

Certification. This agency hereby certifies that the purpose of this advisory committee meeting has been reviewed by legal counsel and is found to be within the agency’s authority to conduct.

Issued in Austin, on _________________________, 2001

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Lynda H. Nesenholtz
General Counsel and Chief Clerk
Texas Department of Insurance

For more information contact: Windstorm@tdi.state.tx.us