H-8142

   Amend House File 2344 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 27 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  507B.4D  Automobile partial loss settlements —— child restraint systems.

   1.  If an automobile insurance policy provides for the settlement of a first-party automobile partial loss, a person shall include the value of any child restraint system that is located in an automobile at the time the automobile is subject to a partial loss. For purposes of this subsection, “automobile” has the same meaning as defined in section 321.1, subsection 42, paragraph “d”, and “child restraint system” has the same meaning as defined in section 321.446, subsection 7.
   2.  The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this section.
   Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  The section of this Act enacting section 507B.4D applies to first-party automobile partial losses for automobiles that are subject to a partial loss occurring on or after July 1, 2026.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act relating to child restraint systems, including the use of child restraint systems by certain children traveling in motor vehicles and the inclusion of the value of child restraint systems in certain insurance settlements, and including applicability provisions.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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YOUNG of Dallas