bill making insurers pay storage charges on total losses

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89R12211 AND-F

By: Gámez
H.B. No. 3454

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to liability to a vehicle storage facility operator for

money owed in relation to the delivery, storage, and disposal of

certain personal property.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2303.156, Occupations Code, is amended

by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) An insurance company that pays a claim of total loss on

personal property stored at a vehicle storage facility is liable to

the operator of the facility for any money owed to the operator in

relation to delivery of the property to the facility, storage of the

property in the facility, and disposal of the property, regardless

of whether an amount accrued before the insurance company paid the

claim.

SECTION 2. Section 2303.156(c), Occupations Code, as added

by this Act, applies only to personal property accepted for storage

by a vehicle storage facility on or after the effective date of this

Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.