86R11522 SCL-F
 
  By: J. Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 2371
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an offset for amounts paid under an automobile
  insurance policy's personal injury protection coverage against a
  liability claim.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1952.159, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), if [If] a
  liability claim is made by a guest or passenger described by Section
  1952.151 against the owner or operator of the motor vehicle in which
  the guest or passenger was riding or against the owner's or
  operator's liability insurer, the owner or operator of the motor
  vehicle or the owner's or operator's liability insurer is entitled
  to an offset, credit, or deduction against any award made to the
  guest or passenger in an amount equal to the amounts paid by the
  owner, the operator, or the owner's or operator's automobile
  liability insurer to the guest or passenger under personal injury
  protection.
         (c)  The owner's or operator's liability insurer is not
  entitled to an offset, credit, or deduction under Subsection (a) if
  the insurer has not paid, in relation to the accident, the full
  amount of the applicable liability policy limit under the owner's
  or operator's policy.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1952.159, Insurance Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after
  the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues
  before the effective date of this Act 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, 2019.