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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum motor vehicle liability insurance coverage |
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requirement for bodily injury or death or for damage to or |
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destruction of property of others. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 601.072(a-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Effective January 1, 2026 [2011], the minimum amounts |
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of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage required to establish |
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financial responsibility under this chapter are: |
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(1) $50,000 [$30,000] for bodily injury to or death of |
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one person in one collision; |
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(2) $100,000 [$60,000] for bodily injury to or death |
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of two or more persons in one collision, subject to the amount |
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provided by Subdivision (1) for bodily injury to or death of one of |
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the persons; and |
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(3) $40,000 [$25,000] for damage to or destruction of |
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property of others in one collision. |
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SECTION 2. Section 601.072(a-1), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to establishment of financial |
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responsibility under Chapter 601, Transportation Code, with an |
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insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or |
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after January 1, 2026. Establishment of financial responsibility |
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with an insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed |
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before January 1, 2026, is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |