Bill Text: TX HB1020 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to minimum liability insurance coverage amounts for persons convicted of offenses related to the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB1020 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1020-Engrossed.html
By: Miller of Erath, et al. | H.B. No. 1020 |
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relating to minimum liability insurance coverage amounts for | ||
persons convicted of offenses related to the operation of a motor | ||
vehicle while intoxicated. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 601.072, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (a-2) and (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) A person convicted of an offense relating to the | ||
operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated must maintain, in | ||
addition to the minimum coverage required by this section, | ||
additional motor vehicle liability insurance coverage to establish | ||
financial responsibility under this chapter. The amounts of | ||
liability coverage required increase by $30,000 for each | ||
conviction. The increased coverage requirement under this | ||
subsection expires on the 10th anniversary of the date of the most | ||
recent conviction for which the additional coverage is required. | ||
(a-3) In this section, "offense relating to the operating of | ||
a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 49.09, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 601.072, Transportation Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense | ||
was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element | ||
of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |