| 1 | 1 | | 84R9671 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paul H.B. No. 1757 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to liability of an engineer conducting a Texas Windstorm |
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| 8 | 8 | | Insurance Association inspection. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2210, Insurance Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 2210.260 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2210.260. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. An engineer |
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| 13 | 13 | | licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers is not liable |
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| 14 | 14 | | for damages arising from an inspection conducted under this |
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| 15 | 15 | | subchapter for which the engineer has affixed the engineer's seal |
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| 16 | 16 | | to an inspection document. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 18 | 18 | | of this Act, the commissioner of insurance shall adopt forms to |
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| 19 | 19 | | implement Section 2210.260, Insurance Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 21 | 21 | | to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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| 22 | 22 | | this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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| 23 | 23 | | of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action |
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| 24 | 24 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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| 25 | 25 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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