Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2373 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/25/2019

                    86R11516 JES-F
 By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2373


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the required amount of personal injury protection
 coverage.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  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
 $5,000 [$2,500] for all benefits, in the aggregate, for each
 person.
 SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an insurance policy or
 contract that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or
 after January 1, 2020. An insurance policy or contract delivered,
 issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2020, 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, 2019.