88R6517 JES-D
 
  By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1352
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of uninsured or underinsured motorist
  coverage in automobile liability insurance policies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 912.002(b), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A county mutual insurance company is subject to:
               (1)  Sections 38.001, 401.051, 401.052,
  401.054-401.062, 401.151, 401.152, 401.155, 401.156, 501.159,
  501.202, 501.203, 822.204, 1806.001, 1806.101, 1806.103(b),
  1806.104-1806.107, 1953.051(b), 2002.002, and 2002.005;
               (2)  Subchapter A, Chapter 86;
               (3)  Subchapter A, Chapter 401;
               (4)  the provisions of Subchapter B, Chapter 424, other
  than Sections 424.052, 424.072, and 424.073;
               (5)  Chapters 221, 251, 252, 254, 541, and 2210; [and]
               (6)  Subchapter C, Chapter 1952; and
               (7)  Articles 5.39 and 5.40.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2301.053(b), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Each form for a personal automobile insurance policy
  must provide the coverages mandated under:
               (1)  Subchapter [Subchapters] C, Chapter 1952; and
               (2)  Subchapter D, Chapter 1952, unless the coverage is
  [coverages are] rejected by the named insured in the manner
  provided by that subchapter [those subchapters].
         SECTION 3.  Section 1952.101(c), Insurance Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or
  renewed on or after January 1, 2024. A policy delivered, issued for
  delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law
  as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
  that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.