Bill Text: TX SB57 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an authorized representative of certain professionals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB57 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB57-Introduced.html
86R1730 AAF-D | ||
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 57 |
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relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report to an | ||
authorized representative of certain professionals. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 550.065(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) On written request and payment of any required fee, the | ||
department or the governmental entity shall release the information | ||
to: | ||
(1) an entity described by Subsection (b); | ||
(2) the law enforcement agency that employs the peace | ||
officer who investigated the accident and sent the information to | ||
the department, including an agent of the law enforcement agency | ||
authorized by contract to obtain the information; | ||
(3) the court in which a case involving a person | ||
involved in the accident is pending if the report is subpoenaed; or | ||
(4) any person directly concerned in the accident or | ||
having a proper interest therein, including: | ||
(A) any person involved in the accident; | ||
(B) the authorized representative of any person | ||
involved in the accident; | ||
(C) a driver involved in the accident; | ||
(D) an employer, parent, or legal guardian of a | ||
driver involved in the accident; | ||
(E) the owner of a vehicle or property damaged in | ||
the accident; | ||
(F) a person who has established financial | ||
responsibility for a vehicle involved in the accident in a manner | ||
described by Section 601.051, including a policyholder of a motor | ||
vehicle liability insurance policy covering the vehicle; | ||
(G) an insurance company that issued an insurance | ||
policy covering a vehicle involved in the accident; | ||
(H) an insurance company that issued a policy | ||
covering any person involved in the accident; | ||
(I) a person under contract to provide claims or | ||
underwriting information to a person described by Paragraph (F), | ||
(G), or (H); | ||
(J) a radio or television station that holds a | ||
license issued by the Federal Communications Commission; | ||
(K) a newspaper that is: | ||
(i) a free newspaper of general circulation | ||
or qualified under Section 2051.044, Government Code, to publish | ||
legal notices; | ||
(ii) published at least once a week; and | ||
(iii) available and of interest to the | ||
general public in connection with the dissemination of news; [ |
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(L) any person who may sue because of death | ||
resulting from the accident; or | ||
(M) the authorized representative of a medical, | ||
legal, or other professional involved in a suit arising from the | ||
provision of professional services by the professional in | ||
connection with the accident. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |