By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 1490
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; April 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the premium surcharge certain automobile insurers are
  required to assess against an insured convicted of certain
  offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1953.052(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  An insurer described by Section 1952.001 shall assess a
  premium surcharge in an amount as stated in the insurer's rating
  plan [prescribed by the department] against an insured for no more
  than three years immediately following the date the insured is
  convicted of:
               (1)  an offense relating to the operating of a motor
  vehicle while intoxicated in violation of Section 49.04 or 49.07,
  Penal Code; or
               (2)  an offense under Section 49.08, Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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