82R3752 ATP-F
By: Smithee H.B. No. 1267
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of certain counties and intergovernmental
pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 157, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 157.9031 to read as follows:
Sec. 157.9031. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
CERTAIN COVERAGE. A self-insuring county or the intergovernmental
pool operating under Chapter 119, under policies concerning the
provision of coverages adopted by the county's commissioners court
or the pool's governing body, may require reimbursement for the
provision of punitive damage coverage from a person to whom the
county or intergovernmental pool provides coverage.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.