88R11921 SCL-D
 
  By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 3365
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to rating plan consequences for automobile insurance for
  traffic violation charges or convictions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1953.051(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A rating plan regarding the writing of automobile
  insurance [, other than insurance written under Chapter 2151,] may
  [not]:
               (1)  assign a rate consequence to a charge or
  conviction for a violation of Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation
  Code; or
               (2)  otherwise cause premiums for automobile insurance
  to be increased because of a charge or conviction described by
  Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  Section 1953.051, Insurance Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to an insurance policy 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.