By: Lambert (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 1787
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
April 14, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; April 23, 2021, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 23, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to liability coverage under a personal automobile
insurance policy for a temporary vehicle provided to an insured by
an automobile repair facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1952.060(d), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The coverage required by this section provides primary
coverage for the insured's legal liability for bodily injury and
property damage and for damage to the temporary vehicle, not excess
coverage. The coverage must insure:
(1) the person named in the personal automobile
insurance policy; and
(2) any resident relative of the insured and licensed
operator residing in the household except for a person specifically
named in a named driver exclusion under Section 1952.353(b) [an
individual not covered in a "named driver policy" under Section
1952.0545].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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