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.