Bill Text: TX SB153 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 153

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to proof of insurance and database requirements for operator's and certain exclusionary automobile insurance policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB153 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB153-Introduced.html

	88R3094 SCL-D

	By: Springer	S.B. No. 153



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to proof of insurance and database requirements for
	operator's and certain exclusionary automobile insurance policies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 601, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 601.0815 to read as follows:
	Sec. 601.0815. PROOF OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE
	FORM FOR OPERATOR'S POLICIES AND CERTAIN EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES.
	(a) This section applies only to a motor vehicle liability
	insurance policy that:
	(1) is an operator's policy; or
	(2) excludes from coverage an individual who has
	permission to use a covered vehicle from the named insured.
	(b) The Texas Department of Insurance shall prescribe a
	proof of insurance form for an operator's policy that includes the
	information described by Section 601.081 and a statement in
	24-point font that:
	(1) states the policy is an operator's policy; and
	(2) describes any vehicle excluded from coverage.
	(c) The Texas Department of Insurance shall prescribe a
	proof of insurance form for a policy described by Subsection (a)(2)
	that includes the information described by Section 601.081 and a
	statement in 24-point font that:
	(1) states the policy excludes certain individuals
	with permission to use the covered vehicle;
	(2) names the policyholder; and
	(3) describes the individuals excluded from coverage,
	including by name if applicable, and states whether the policy
	excludes individuals not in the same household as the named
	insured.
	(d) The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules necessary
	to implement this section.
	SECTION 2. Section 601.454, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1) This subsection applies only to a motor vehicle
	liability insurance policy that is an operator's policy or excludes
	from coverage an individual who has permission to use a covered
	vehicle from the named insured. In addition to the information
	provided under Subsection (a), an insurance company shall provide
	to the agent the information described by Section 601.0815(b) or
	(c), as applicable, for each policy to which this subsection
	applies that is issued by the insurance company.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.