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1 | 1 | 82R3752 ATP-F | |
2 | 2 | By: Smithee H.B. No. 1267 | |
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5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to the authority of certain counties and intergovernmental | |
8 | 8 | pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 157, Local Government | |
11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 157.9031 to read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | Sec. 157.9031. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT FOR | |
13 | 13 | CERTAIN COVERAGE. A self-insuring county or the intergovernmental | |
14 | 14 | pool operating under Chapter 119, under policies concerning the | |
15 | 15 | provision of coverages adopted by the county's commissioners court | |
16 | 16 | or the pool's governing body, may require reimbursement for the | |
17 | 17 | provision of punitive damage coverage from a person to whom the | |
18 | 18 | county or intergovernmental pool provides coverage. | |
19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |