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AN ACT
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relating to the language of personal automobile or residential |
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property insurance policy documents and related materials. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2301, Insurance Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2301.058 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2301.058. PROVISION OF POLICY DOCUMENTS AND RELATED |
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MATERIALS IN LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. (a) An insurer may |
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provide a customer a version of a personal automobile or |
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residential property insurance policy or endorsement, or related |
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explanatory or advertising material, in a language other than |
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English. The version of the document must state, in the language of |
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the version, that the English version of the insurance policy |
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document controls. |
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(b) In the case of a dispute or complaint, the English |
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version of the insurance policy document controls. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1554 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1554 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |