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22 By: Smithee H.B. No. 1267
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the authority of certain counties and intergovernmental
88 pools to require reimbursement for punitive damage coverage.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 157, Local Government
1111 Code, is amended by adding Section 157.9031 to read as follows:
1212 Sec. 157.9031. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
1313 CERTAIN COVERAGE. A self-insuring county or the intergovernmental
1414 pool operating under Chapter 119, under policies concerning the
1515 provision of coverages adopted by the county's commissioners court
1616 or the pool's governing body, may require reimbursement for the
1717 provision of punitive damage coverage from a person to whom the
1818 county or intergovernmental pool provides coverage.
1919 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2020 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2121 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2222 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2323 Act takes effect September 1, 2011.