TITLE: Relating to requiring a copy of a named insured's driver's license for issuance of an automobile insurance policy.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring a copy of a named insured's driver's license for issuance of an automobile insurance policy.

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AN ACT relating to requiring a copy of a named insured's driver's license for issuance of an automobile insurance policy. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1952, Insurance Code, is amended by adding Section 1952.002 to read as follows: Sec. 1952.002. DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED. An insurer may not deliver, issue for delivery, or renew a personal automobile insurance policy unless the policyholder provides the insurer with a copy of each named insured's driver's license. SECTION 2. This Act applies only to an insurance policy that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014. An insurance policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1, 2014, 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, 2013.