Bill Text: TX HB1649 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to bids or proposals required for insurance and risk pool contracts entered into by a school district, municipality, or county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to County Affairs [HB1649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1649-Introduced.html
| 87R3052 SCL-D | ||
| By: Middleton | H.B. No. 1649 | |
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| relating to bids or proposals required for insurance and risk pool | ||
| contracts entered into by a school district, municipality, or | ||
| county. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 44.0315 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 44.0315. BIDS OR PROPOSALS REQUIRED FOR INSURANCE OR | ||
| RISK POOL CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), and | ||
| regardless of whether the contract is subject to competitive | ||
| bidding requirements, a school district may not enter into an | ||
| insurance or risk pool contract unless: | ||
| (1) the school district receives at least two bids or | ||
| proposals from different persons for the contract; and | ||
| (2) the school district files the contract with the | ||
| Texas Department of Insurance. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an insurance or risk | ||
| pool contract if only one source is available for the type of | ||
| coverage in the contract. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 252, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 252.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 252.025. BIDS OR PROPOSALS REQUIRED FOR INSURANCE OR | ||
| RISK POOL CONTRACTS. Except as provided by Section 252.022(a)(7), | ||
| and regardless of whether the contract is subject to competitive | ||
| bidding requirements, a municipality may not enter into an | ||
| insurance or risk pool contract unless: | ||
| (1) the municipality receives at least two bids or | ||
| proposals from different persons for the contract; and | ||
| (2) the municipality files the contract with the Texas | ||
| Department of Insurance. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 262, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 262.0232 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 262.0232. BIDS OR PROPOSALS REQUIRED FOR INSURANCE OR | ||
| RISK POOL CONTRACTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), and | ||
| regardless of whether the contract is subject to competitive | ||
| bidding requirements, a county may not enter into an insurance or | ||
| risk pool contract unless: | ||
| (1) the county receives at least two bids or proposals | ||
| from different persons for the contract; and | ||
| (2) the county files the contract with the Texas | ||
| Department of Insurance. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an insurance or risk | ||
| pool contract if only one source is available for the type of | ||
| coverage in the contract. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
