Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1787 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 04/30/2021

                            H.B. No. 1787


 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.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1787 was passed by the House on April
 9, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
 voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 I certify that H.B. No. 1787 was passed by the Senate on April
 29, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 APPROVED:  _____________________
 Date
 _____________________
 Governor