83R798 EAH-F
By: Huffman S.B. No. 265
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to bond requirements for county officers and employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 88, Local Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 88.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 88.008. SELF-INSURANCE INSTEAD OF BOND. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law requiring a county officer or
employee to execute a bond as a condition of office or employment, a
county officer or employee is not required to execute the bond and
may perform the duties of office or employment if:
(1) the commissioners court by order authorizes the
county to self-insure against losses that would have been covered
by the bond; and
(2) the county judge approves the order adopted under
Subdivision (1), if the county judge was required to approve the
bond under the other law.
(b) An order adopted by the commissioners court under
Subsection (a) shall be kept and recorded by the county clerk.
SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 88, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 88. OFFICIAL BONDS OF [CERTAIN] COUNTY OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.