81R9979 PMO-D
By: McClendon H.B. No. 2136
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to mandatory personal injury protection.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1952.152, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1952.152. PERSONAL INJURY PROTECTION COVERAGE
REQUIRED. [(a)] An insurer may not deliver or issue for delivery
in this state an automobile liability insurance policy, including a
policy provided through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan
Association under Chapter 2151, that covers liability arising out
of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle unless
the insurer provides personal injury protection coverage in the
policy or supplemental to the policy.
[(b) The coverage required by this subchapter does not apply
if any insured named in the insurance policy rejects the coverage in
writing. Unless the named insured requests in writing the coverage
required by this subchapter, the insurer is not required to provide
that coverage in or supplemental to a reinstated insurance policy
or renewal insurance policy if the named insured rejected the
coverage in connection with that insurance policy or an insurance
policy previously issued to the insured by the same insurer or by an
affiliated insurer.]
SECTION 2. Section 1952.153, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1952.153. MAXIMUM REQUIRED AMOUNT OF PERSONAL INJURY
PROTECTION. This subchapter does not require an insurer to provide
personal injury protection coverage in an amount that exceeds
$10,000 [$2,500] for all benefits, in the aggregate, for each
person.
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to an insurance policy or
contract or evidence of coverage that is delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2010. An insurance
policy or contract or evidence of coverage delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2010, is governed by the law
as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.