Bill Text: TX HB1555 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the status of personal automobile or residential property insurance policy summary documents.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB1555 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1555-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1555 |
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relating to the status of personal automobile or residential | ||
property insurance policy summary documents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2301, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2301.057 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2301.057. CERTAIN DOCUMENTS NOT PART OF FORM. (a) A | ||
document providing a summary of a policy of personal automobile | ||
insurance or residential property insurance or a summary of an | ||
endorsement to such a policy or other ancillary material, including | ||
an advertisement for the policy or endorsement, is not part of the | ||
policy or endorsement form. | ||
(b) A summary described by Subsection (a) does not modify | ||
the provisions of the insurance policy for which the summary was | ||
provided. | ||
(c) A summary described by Subsection (a) is not admissible | ||
as evidence of the coverage provided by the insurance policy for | ||
which the summary is provided. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1555 was passed by the House on April | ||
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1555 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |