Sb 506 - update

[ScorchedCarbon]

Actually, SB1967 does not actually remove medical $$$ restrictions for going lidless, but instead you would have to have a special designation on your insurance card verifying that your insurance company will indeed cover you if you are in an accident and are lidless. I was told the reason this was written into the bill was because not all insurance companies will cover medical if you ride lidless. Some people found out the hard way.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by ScorchedCarbon

Actually, SB1967 does not actually remove medical $$$ restrictions for going lidless, but instead you would have to have a special designation on your insurance card verifying that your insurance company will indeed cover you if you are in an accident and are lidless. I was told the reason this was written into the bill was because not all insurance companies will cover medical if you ride lidless. Some people found out the hard way.

It does actually redact the requirement of a $10,000 minimum. It has always been a requirement to have "medical benefits for injuries incurred as a result of an accident while operating or riding on a motorcycle."

The proposed changes are underlined and crossed out. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs...l/SB01967I.htm

[ScorchedCarbon]

Originally Posted by azoomm

It does actually redact the requirement of a $10,000 minimum. It has always been a requirement to have "medical benefits for injuries incurred as a result of an accident while operating or riding on a motorcycle."

The proposed changes are underlined and crossed out. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs...l/SB01967I.htm

Section c-2 is what I was referring to. I spoke with one of the guys who helped write this, and he said the verbage is there so they will have to have specific verbage from the insurance company stating they are covered if they are lidless.

[pdog]

It looks like SB506 is 99.9% dead. There's a small but unlikely chance it will be attached to another bill.

[anthonyk]

Wow, so the mandatory training (among other things) bill made it through?

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLoo...1R&Bill=SB1967

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by anthonyk

Wow, so the mandatory training (among other things) bill made it through?

http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLoo...1R&Bill=SB1967

Yup. Goes into effect as of September 1.

There is an effort to not make it widely known... we wouldn't want people running out to get licenses without training

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by pdog

It looks like SB506 is 99.9% dead. There's a small but unlikely chance it will be attached to another bill.

Damn, I had high hopes for that, especially once I found out that I'm moving to Texas in April.