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| 1 | 1 | 89R10509 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Oliverson H.B. No. 4556 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to automobile insurance rating plan consequences for | |
| 10 | 10 | traffic violation charges or convictions. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 1953.051(a), Insurance Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) A rating plan regarding the writing of automobile | |
| 15 | 15 | insurance [, other than insurance written under Chapter 2151,] may | |
| 16 | 16 | [not]: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) assign a rate consequence to a charge or | |
| 18 | 18 | conviction for a violation of Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation | |
| 19 | 19 | Code; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) otherwise cause premiums for automobile insurance | |
| 21 | 21 | to be increased because of a charge or conviction described by | |
| 22 | 22 | Subdivision (1). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Section 1953.051, Insurance Code, as amended by | |
| 24 | 24 | this Act, applies only to an insurance policy delivered, issued for | |
| 25 | 25 | delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. A policy | |
| 26 | 26 | delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2026, | |
| 27 | 27 | is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the | |
| 28 | 28 | effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | |
| 29 | 29 | that purpose. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |