87R16678 SCL-D
By: Sanford, Oliverson H.B. No. 3899
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3899:
By: Oliverson C.S.H.B. No. 3899
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rating plan consequences for automobile insurance for
traffic violation charges or convictions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1953.051(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A rating plan regarding the writing of automobile
insurance [, other than insurance written under Chapter 2151,] may
[not]:
(1) assign a rate consequence to a charge or
conviction for a violation of Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation
Code; or
(2) otherwise cause premiums for automobile insurance
to be increased because of a charge or conviction described by
Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. Section 1953.051, Insurance Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for
delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022. A policy
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2022,
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, 2021.