Sec. 113.0052. INSURANCE REQUIRED. (a) A peer-to-peer car sharing program shall ensure that, during each car sharing period, the owner and the driver are insured under an automobile liability insurance policy that meets the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) Insurance maintained for purposes of this subchapter:
(1) must provide coverage in amounts not less than the amounts described by Section 601.072, Transportation Code;
(2) must be primary during each car sharing period; and
(3) must:
(A) recognize that the shared vehicle insured under the policy is made available and used through a peer-to-peer car sharing program and specifically provide coverage for that use; or
(B) not exclude the use of a shared vehicle by a driver.
(c) The coverage requirements of this subchapter may be satisfied by:
(1) automobile insurance maintained by the owner;
(2) automobile insurance maintained by the driver;
(3) automobile insurance maintained by the peer-to-peer car sharing program; or
(4) a combination of Subdivisions (1), (2), and (3).
(d) If a claim occurs in another state with minimum financial responsibility limits higher than the amounts described by Section 601.072, Transportation Code, during the car sharing period, the coverage maintained under Subsection (a) must satisfy the difference in minimum coverage amounts to the applicable policy limits.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 445 (H.B. 113), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Regulation of Businesses and Services
Subtitle C - Business Operations
Chapter 113 - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs
Subchapter B. Assumption of Liability and Insurance Requirements
Section 113.0051. Assumption of Liability by Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program
Section 113.0052. Insurance Required
Section 113.0053. Automobile Insurance Policy Exclusions
Section 113.0054. Claims Related to Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing
Section 113.0055. Vicarious Liability
Section 113.0056. Contribution