By: Geren, Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 796
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the
performance of related risk management services for the Texas State
University System and the component institutions of that system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 412.011, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (j) to read
as follows:
(c) The office shall:
(1) perform risk management for each state agency
subject to this chapter, except to any extent limited by Subsection
(j) [Chapter 412]; and
(2) purchase insurance coverage under any line of
insurance other than health or life insurance, including liability
insurance authorized under Chapter 612, Government Code, for a
state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for:
(A) an institution subject to Section 501.022; or
(B) the Texas State University System or a
component institution of that system[, under any line of insurance
other than health or life insurance, including liability insurance
authorized under Chapter 612, Government Code].
(e) A state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for an
institution subject to Section 501.022 or the Texas State
University System or a component institution of that system, may
not purchase property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage
without the approval of the board.
(j) The Texas State University System or a component
institution of that system shall perform risk management services
related to insurance coverage purchased by the system or
institution without board approval.
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, 2015.
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