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Amend SB 328 on third reading by adding the following SECTION
to the bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent
SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) Section 601.072, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) A person convicted of an offense relating to the
operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated must maintain, in
addition to the minimum coverage required by this section,
additional liability insurance coverage to establish financial
responsibility under this chapter. A person convicted one time of
an offense to which this subsection applies is required to maintain
additional financial responsibility in an amount that is twice the
amount required by Subsection (a)(1) or (a-1)(1), as applicable.
For each subsequent conviction of an offense to which this
subsection applies, the person is required to maintain additional
financial responsibility in an amount that is twice the amount the
person was required to maintain immediately before the date the
subsequent conviction became final. In this subsection, "offense
relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has
the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code.
(b) Section 2151.102(a), Insurance Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The association shall provide for the assignment of
insurance to an authorized insurer for a person required by Chapter
601, Transportation Code, including Section 601.072,
Transportation Code, to show proof of financial responsibility for
the future.
(c) The change in law made by this section to Section
601.072, Transportation Code, applies only to a conviction for an
offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while
intoxicated that becomes final on or after the effective date of
this Act. A conviction for an offense relating to the operating of
a motor vehicle while intoxicated that became final before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the conviction became final, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
(d) The change in law made by this section to Section
2151.102(a), Insurance Code, applies only to an automobile
insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed
by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association on or after the
effective date of this Act. An automobile insurance policy that is
delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed by the Texas Automobile
Insurance Plan Association before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect at the time the automobile insurance
policy was delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed by the Texas
Automobile Insurance Plan Association, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.