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| 1 | 1 | By: Hunter H.B. No. 2875 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority of counties and certain intergovernmental | |
| 7 | 7 | pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 157, Local Government | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Section 157.9031 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 157.9031. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT FOR | |
| 12 | 12 | CERTAIN COVERAGE. An intergovernmental pool operating under | |
| 13 | 13 | Chapter 119 of this code or under authority granted by Chapter 791 | |
| 14 | 14 | or 2259, Government Code, or a county commissioners court obtaining | |
| 15 | 15 | coverage from such a pool may, pursuant to policies concerning the | |
| 16 | 16 | provision of coverages adopted by the commissioners court or the | |
| 17 | 17 | pool's governing body, require reimbursement for the provision of | |
| 18 | 18 | punitive damage coverage from a person to whom the | |
| 19 | 19 | intergovernmental pool provides coverage. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |