Bill Text: TX HB1787 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to liability coverage under a personal automobile insurance policy for a temporary vehicle provided to an insured by an automobile repair facility.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1787 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1787-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1787
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to liability coverage under a personal automobile
  insurance policy for a temporary vehicle provided to an insured by
  an automobile repair facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1952.060(d), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  The coverage required by this section provides primary
  coverage for the insured's legal liability for bodily injury and
  property damage and for damage to the temporary vehicle, not excess
  coverage. The coverage must insure:
               (1)  the person named in the personal automobile
  insurance policy; and
               (2)  any resident relative of the insured and licensed
  operator residing in the household except for a person specifically
  named in a named driver exclusion under Section 1952.353(b) [an
  individual not covered in a "named driver policy" under Section
  1952.0545].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1787 was passed by the House on April
  9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1787 was passed by the Senate on April
  29, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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