Texas § TN.601.151 - APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER

§ TN.601.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER

APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies only to a motor vehicle collision in this state that results in bodily injury or death or in damage to the property of one person of at least $1,000. (b) This subchapter does not apply to: (1) an owner or operator who has in effect at the time of the collision a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that covers the motor vehicle involved in the collision; (2) an operator who is not the owner of the motor vehicle, if a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or bond for the operation of a motor vehicle the person does not own is in effect at the time of the collision; (3) an owner or operator whose liability for damages resulting from the collision, in the judgment of the department, is covered by another liability insurance policy or bond; (4) an owner or operator, if there was not bodily injury to or damage of the property of a person other than the owner or operator; (5) the owner or operator of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was legally parked or legally stopped at a traffic signal; (6) the owner of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was being operated without the owner's express or implied permission or was parked by a person who had been operating the vehicle without that permission; or (7) a person qualifying as a self-insurer under Section 601.124 or a person operating a motor vehicle for a self-insurer. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190 ), Sec. 73, eff. September 1, 2023.