86R20447 SCL-D
 
  By: Smithee H.B. No. 1555
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1555:
 
  By:  Lucio III C.S.H.B. No. 1555
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the status of personal automobile or residential
  property insurance policy summary documents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2301, Insurance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2301.057 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2301.057.  CERTAIN DOCUMENTS NOT PART OF FORM. (a)  A
  document providing a summary of a policy of personal automobile
  insurance or residential property insurance or a summary of an
  endorsement to such a policy or other ancillary material, including
  an advertisement for the policy or endorsement, is not part of the
  policy or endorsement form.
         (b)  A summary described by Subsection (a) does not modify
  the provisions of the insurance policy for which the summary was
  provided. 
         (c)  A summary described by Subsection (a) is not admissible
  as evidence of the coverage provided by the insurance policy for
  which the summary is provided.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.