85R8047 SCL-F By: Frullo H.B. No. 2550 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to motor vehicle liability insurance requirements for a person providing passenger taxicab services in a municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 215.004, Local Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b) The ordinance may include: (1) regulation of the entry into the business of providing passenger taxicab or limousine transportation services, including controls, limits, or other restrictions on the total number of persons providing the services; (2) regulation of the rates charged for the provision of the services; (3) establishment of safety and insurance requirements in addition to the insurance requirements described by Subsection (b-1); and (4) any other requirement adopted to ensure safe and reliable passenger transportation service. (b-1) The ordinance must require that a person providing passenger taxicab services described by Subsection (a)(1) maintain a motor vehicle liability insurance policy for the vehicle used to provide taxicab services that: (1) complies with Subchapter D, Chapter 601, Transportation Code; and (2) is issued by an insurance company that: (A) is authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state or is an eligible surplus lines insurer under Chapter 981, Insurance Code; and (B) has a rating of A- or better by the A.M. Best Company or a comparable rating determined by the commissioner of insurance. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.