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1		-	85R7470 LED-F
2		-	By: Burrows, Oliveira H.B. No. 1689
	1	+	By: Burrows, Oliveira, Frullo H.B. No. 1689
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to liability of certain governmental entities in certain
8	7		workers' compensation actions.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 101.028, Civil Practice and Remedies
11	10		Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	11		Sec. 101.028. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. (a) In
13	12		this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning assigned by
14	13		Section 504.001, Labor Code.
15	14		(b) A governmental unit that has workers' compensation
16	15		insurance or that accepts the workers' compensation laws of this
17	16		state is entitled to the privileges and immunities granted by the
18	17		workers' compensation laws of this state to private individuals and
19	18		corporations.
20	19		(c) A political subdivision that self-insures either
21		-	individually or collectively and the State Office of Risk
22		-	Management are liable for sanctions, administrative penalties, and
23		-	other remedies authorized under Chapter 415, Labor Code.
	20	+	individually or collectively is
	21	+	liable for sanctions,
	22	+	administrative penalties, and other remedies authorized under
	23	+	Chapter 415, Labor Code.
24	24		SECTION 2. Section 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to
25	25		read as follows:
26	26		(e) Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or
27	27		creates a new cause of action beyond the actions, damages, and
28	28		remedies authorized by Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies
29	29		Code.
30	30		SECTION 3. Section 101.028, Civil Practice and Remedies
31	31		Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an administrative
32	32		violation under Chapter 415, Labor Code, that occurs on or after the
33	33		effective date of this Act. An administrative violation under
34	34		Chapter 415, Labor Code, that occurs before the effective date of
35	35		this Act is governed by the law applicable to the violation
36	36		immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
37	37		continued in effect for that purpose.
38	38		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
39	39		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
40	40		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
41	41		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
42	42		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.