83R8723 AJA-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 3338
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to insurers as proper parties to certain actions for
damages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 17.006 to read as
follows:
Sec. 17.006. SUIT FOR DAMAGES AGAINST INSURED DEFENDANT.
In a suit for recovery of damages in which a defendant in the suit is
an insured under a policy of liability insurance that may provide
coverage for the damages, the insurer who issued the policy,
including a county mutual insurance company, a Lloyd's plan
insurer, a surplus lines insurer, or a reciprocal or interinsurance
exchange, is a proper party to the suit.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.
An action commenced before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law applicable to the action 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, 2013.