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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to noneconomic damage liability for a collision with a |
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motorist who failed to establish financial responsibility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 72, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. LIABILITY FOR COLLISION WITH CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE |
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OWNERS AND OPERATORS |
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Sec. 72.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "financial |
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responsibility" has the meaning assigned by Section 601.002, |
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Transportation Code. |
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Sec. 72.102. PROHIBITED RECOVERY OF NONECONOMIC DAMAGES. |
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(a) An individual may not recover noneconomic damages for the |
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individual's injury or property damage sustained as a result of a |
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motor vehicle collision for which the individual failed to |
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establish financial responsibility in accordance with Chapter 601, |
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Transportation Code. |
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(b) The personal representative of an individual described |
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by Subsection (a) who died as a result of a motor vehicle collision |
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may not recover noneconomic damages in a wrongful death action |
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brought under Subchapter A, Chapter 71, for the individual's death. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 72, Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, as added by this Act, is an exercise of authority |
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under Section 66(c), Article III, Texas Constitution, and takes |
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effect only if this Act receives a vote of three-fifths of all the |
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members elected to each house, as provided by Subsection (e) of that |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 72, Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of |
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action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |