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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to insurance coverage for child passenger safety seat |
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systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1952.059 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1952.059. COVERAGE OF CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT |
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SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "child passenger safety seat system" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 545.412, Transportation Code. |
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(b) This section applies to a moderate or severe traffic |
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collision in which: |
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(1) a child passenger safety seat system suffers |
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cracks or warping as a result of the collision; |
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(2) the vehicle door nearest the child safety seat was |
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damaged; |
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(3) a vehicle occupant suffered an injury; or |
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(4) an airbag deployed. |
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(c) This section applies to a collision described by |
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Subsection (b) regardless of whether the vehicle in which the seat |
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was installed was driven from the scene of the collision. |
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(d) In addition to an insurer described by Section 1952.001, |
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this section applies to a county mutual insurance company. |
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(e) An automobile insurance policy covering damage to a |
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motor vehicle shall cover the cost of replacing a child passenger |
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safety seat system damaged in a collision involving the covered |
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motor vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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on or after January 1, 2012. A policy delivered, issued for |
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delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2012, is governed by the law |
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as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |