Tex.
Transp. Code Section 601.151
Applicability of Subchapter
(a)
This subchapter applies only to a motor vehicle collision in this state that results in bodily injury or death or in damage to the property of one person of at least $1,000.(b)
This subchapter does not apply to:(1)
an owner or operator who has in effect at the time of the collision a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that covers the motor vehicle involved in the collision;(2)
an operator who is not the owner of the motor vehicle, if a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or bond for the operation of a motor vehicle the person does not own is in effect at the time of the collision;(3)
an owner or operator whose liability for damages resulting from the collision, in the judgment of the department, is covered by another liability insurance policy or bond;(4)
an owner or operator, if there was not bodily injury to or damage of the property of a person other than the owner or operator;(5)
the owner or operator of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was legally parked or legally stopped at a traffic signal;(6)
the owner of a motor vehicle that at the time of the collision was being operated without the owner’s express or implied permission or was parked by a person who had been operating the vehicle without that permission; or(7)
a person qualifying as a self-insurer under Section 601.124 (Self-insurance) or a person operating a motor vehicle for a self-insurer.
Source:
Section 601.151 — Applicability of Subchapter, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm#601.151 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
