Bill Text: TX HB1843 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the performance of related risk management services for the University of Houston System and the component institutions of that system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1843 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1843-Introduced.html

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85R8851 KSD-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 1843

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 University
of Houston 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 (k) 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); 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; or
(C) the University of Houston System or a
component institution of that system.
(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, or the
University of Houston System or a component institution of that
system, may not purchase property, casualty, or liability insurance
coverage without the approval of the board.
(k) The University of Houston 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, 2017.