| 1 | 1 | | 89R6158 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Isaac H.B. No. 2888 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the right of a motorist who fails to hold a driver's |
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| 10 | 10 | | license or maintain motor vehicle liability insurance or other |
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| 11 | 11 | | financial responsibility for a motor vehicle to recover damages |
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| 12 | 12 | | arising from a motor vehicle collision. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 72, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER C. EFFECT OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS INVOLVING OPERATION OF |
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| 17 | 17 | | MOTOR VEHICLE |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 72.101. RIGHT OF CERTAIN MOTORISTS TO BRING ACTION FOR |
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| 19 | 19 | | DAMAGES. An individual operating a motor vehicle in violation of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 521.021 or 601.051, Transportation Code, may not bring a |
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| 21 | 21 | | civil action against another motor vehicle operator or that |
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| 22 | 22 | | operator's liability insurer for damages resulting from a collision |
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| 23 | 23 | | involving the individual's motor vehicle. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 72.101, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 25 | 25 | | Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or |
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| 26 | 26 | | after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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