By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 1490          (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read   first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   April 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,   Nays 0; April 19, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the premium surcharge certain automobile insurers are   required to assess against an insured convicted of certain   offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1953.052(a), Insurance Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An insurer described by Section 1952.001 shall assess a   premium surcharge in an amount as stated in the insurer's rating   plan [prescribed by the department] against an insured for no more   than three years immediately following the date the insured is   convicted of:                (1)  an offense relating to the operating of a motor   vehicle while intoxicated in violation of Section 49.04 or 49.07,   Penal Code; or                (2)  an offense under Section 49.08, Penal Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *