By: Wilson H.B. No. 1698
73R6420 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the insurance requirements for tow trucks.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 1135, Acts of the 70th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987 (Article 6687-9b, Vernon's Texas
1-6 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 3. INSURANCE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS <Powers and Duties
1-8 of Commissioner>. (a) A tow truck owner shall maintain insurance
1-9 coverage in an amount equal to the amount required for proof of
1-10 financial responsibility for a motor vehicle under the Texas Motor
1-11 Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act (Article 6701h, Vernon's Texas
1-12 Civil Statutes) and its subsequent amendments. The commissioner
1-13 shall, after a public hearing, cancel the certificate of
1-14 registration for a tow truck owner who fails to maintain insurance
1-15 as required by this subsection.
1-16 (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding only the
1-17 <minimum insurance requirements for the operation of tow trucks
1-18 and> minimum safety standards regarding the operation of tow
1-19 trucks.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.