Bill Text: TX HB2468 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to proof of United States citizenship for the issuance or renewal of a personal automobile insurance policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Insurance [HB2468 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2468-Introduced.html
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By: Zedler | H.B. No. 2468 |
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relating to proof of United States citizenship for the issuance or | ||
renewal of a personal automobile insurance policy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 1951, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 1951.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1951.005. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED. An agent or | ||
insurer, including a county mutual insurance company, may not | ||
deliver, issue for delivery, or renew in this state a personal | ||
automobile insurance policy unless the proposed insured provides to | ||
the agent or insurer one of the following documents as proof of | ||
United States citizenship: | ||
(1) an unexpired passport issued to the person; | ||
(2) a certified copy of a birth certificate or other | ||
document confirming the person's birth that is admissible in a | ||
court of law and establishes the person's identity; or | ||
(3) United States citizenship papers issued to the | ||
person. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a personal automobile insurance policy that is delivered, issued | ||
for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |