Bill Text: TX HB1787 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to liability coverage under a personal automobile insurance policy for a temporary vehicle provided to an insured by an automobile repair facility.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1787 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1787-Enrolled.html

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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.
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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.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor