79R5360 JRJ-D

By:  Leibowitz                                                    H.B. No. 1390



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the minimum amounts of motor vehicle liability 
insurance coverage required to establish financial responsibility.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 601.072(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The minimum amounts of motor vehicle liability 
insurance coverage required to establish financial responsibility 
under this chapter are:
		(1)  $30,000 [$20,000] for bodily injury to or death of 
one person in one accident;
		(2)  $60,000 [$40,000] for bodily injury to or death of 
two or more persons in one accident, subject to the amount provided 
by Subdivision (1) for bodily injury to or death of one of the 
persons; and
		(3)  $30,000 [$15,000] for damage to or destruction of 
property of others in one accident.
	SECTION 2.  Section 601.072, Transportation Code, as amended 
by this Act, applies only to a motor vehicle liability insurance 
policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or 
after the effective date of this Act.  A motor vehicle liability 
insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed 
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, 2005.