Will the Texas legislature abolish TWIA? Rep. John Smithee, who wants to reform the windstorm insurance agency, says no, but the TWIA kill bill will spark debate. | Texas Watchdog

Will the Texas legislature abolish TWIA? Rep. John Smithee, who wants to reform the windstorm insurance agency, says no, but the TWIA kill bill will spark debate. | Texas Watchdog

Piqued by a state-run coastal insurance system Texas can neither live with nor without, inland Sen. Troy Fraser on Thursday decided he had had enough. But before filing his Senate Bill 44 that would euthanize the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, got in touch with Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, chairman of the House Insurance Committee and a veteran of 20 years of TWIA legislation.