81R11286 KCR-D
By: Vaught H.B. No. 2935
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notifying certain entities of the cancellation or
nonrenewal of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 601.454(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Each insurance company providing motor vehicle
liability insurance policies in this state shall:
(1) provide necessary information for motor vehicle
liability insurance [those] policies to allow the agent to carry
out this subchapter, subject to the agent's contract with the
implementing agencies and rules adopted under this subchapter; and
(2) inform the agent of the policyholder's name if the
insurance company cancels or does not renew a motor vehicle
liability insurance policy.
SECTION 2. Section 601.454(a), Transportation Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to the cancellation or nonrenewal
of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy on or after the
effective date of this Act. The cancellation or nonrenewal of a
motor vehicle liability insurance policy before the effective date
of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the date the policy is
canceled or is not renewed, and that former law is continued in
effect.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.