By: Veasey H.B. No. 2614
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to insurance coverage for child passenger safety seat
systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is
amended by adding Section 1952.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 1952.059. COVERAGE OF CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT
SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "child passenger safety seat system"
has the meaning assigned by Section 545.412, Transportation Code.
(b) This section applies to a moderate or severe traffic
collision in which:
(1) a child passenger safety seat system suffers
cracks or warping as a result of the collision;
(2) the vehicle door nearest the child safety seat was
damaged;
(3) a vehicle occupant suffered an injury; or
(4) an airbag deployed.
(c) This section applies to a collision described by
Subsection (b) regardless of whether the vehicle in which the seat
was installed was driven from the scene of the collision.
(d) In addition to an insurer described by Section 1952.001,
this section applies to a county mutual insurance company.
(e) An automobile insurance policy covering damage to a
motor vehicle shall cover the cost of replacing a child passenger
safety seat system damaged in a collision involving the covered
motor vehicle.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
on or after January 1, 2012. A policy delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2012, 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.