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Texas Insurance Code - Not Codified - Article 5.01C. Short-Term Liability Insurance For Non-Texas Resident Motorists Visiting This State

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Art. 5.01C. SHORT-TERM LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR NON-TEXAS 
RESIDENT MOTORISTS VISITING THIS STATE.  

Article repealed effective April 1, 2007
	                                                                               

Definitions
	Sec. 1. In this article:                                                       
	(1)  "Insurer" means an insurance company, interinsurance 
exchange, mutual, capital stock company, county mutual, reciprocal 
association, Lloyd's plan insurer, or other entity authorized to 
write motor vehicle insurance in this state.
	(2)  "Motor vehicle" means any private passenger vehicle or 
utility type vehicle that has a gross weight of 25,000 pounds or 
less.
	(3)  "Short-term liability insurance policy" means an 
insurance policy that: 
	(A)  provides coverage for at least 24 hours but not for more 
than one week; 
	(B)  meets the requirements of Chapter 601, Transportation 
Code;             
	(C)  covers liability for bodily injury, death, and property 
damage arising from the use or operation of a motor vehicle;  and
	(D)  is not insurance assigned to an authorized insurance 
company by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association under 
Section 4(a), Article 21.81, of this code.

Rules
	Sec. 2. (a) The commissioner by rule may establish a program 
to provide for the sale of short-term liability insurance policies 
to non-Texas resident motorists visiting this state.
	(b)  The commissioner may negotiate an agreement with any 
insurer under which the insurer will sell policies described by 
Subsection (a) of this section.

License required
	Sec. 3. A person representing an insurer in selling 
short-term liability insurance policies under this article must be 
licensed under Subchapter A, Chapter 21, of this code.

Forms
	Sec. 4. An insurer selling short-term liability insurance 
policies under this article must use the policy forms adopted by the 
commissioner under Article 5.06 of this code or filed and in effect 
as provided by Article 5.145 of this code unless the insurer is 
exempt from using those forms.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 123, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  
Sec. 4 amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 206, Sec. 21.02, eff. 
June 11, 2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007