By Flores H.B. No. 627 75R3933 SAW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to proof of insurance filed with the Texas Department of 1-3 Public Safety by certain motorists uninsured at the time of an 1-4 accident. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 601.083, Transportation Code, is amended 1-7 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-8 (e) If a person files a certificate of insurance to 1-9 establish financial responsibility under Section 601.153, the 1-10 certificate must state that the requirements of Section 601.153(b) 1-11 are satisfied. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 601.153, Transportation Code, is amended 1-13 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 601.153. DEPOSIT OF SECURITY; EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL 1-15 RESPONSIBILITY. (a) The department may not suspend a driver's 1-16 license, vehicle registration, or nonresident's privilege under 1-17 this subchapter if the owner or operator: 1-18 (1) deposits with the department security in an amount 1-19 determined to be sufficient under Section 601.154 or 601.157 as 1-20 appropriate; and 1-21 (2) files evidence of financial responsibility as 1-22 required by this chapter. 1-23 (b) If the owner or operator chooses to establish financial 1-24 responsibility under Subsection (a)(2) by filing evidence of motor 2-1 vehicle liability insurance, the owner or operator must file a 2-2 certificate of insurance for a policy that has a policy period of 2-3 at least six months and for which the premium for the entire policy 2-4 period is paid in full. 2-5 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-6 (b) This Act applies only to a certificate of motor vehicle 2-7 liability insurance filed with the Texas Department of Public 2-8 Safety on or after January 1, 1998. A certificate of motor vehicle 2-9 liability insurance filed with the Texas Department of Public 2-10 Safety before January 1, 1998, is governed by the law as it existed 2-11 immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is 2-12 continued in effect for that purpose. 2-13 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.