Bill Text: TX HB3253 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the performance of related risk management services for the University of North Texas System and the component institutions of that system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3253-Introduced.html
By: Geren | H.B. No. 3253 |
|
||
|
||
relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the | ||
performance of related risk management services for the University | ||
of North Texas System and the component institutions of that | ||
system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 412, 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); 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 University of North Texas System and its | ||
component institutions. |
||
|
||
|
||
(e) A state agency subject to Chapter 501, except for an | ||
institution subject to Section 501.022 or the University of North | ||
Texas System and its component institutions, may not purchase | ||
property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage without the | ||
approval of the board. | ||
(j) The University of North Texas System and its component | ||
institutions shall perform risk management services related to | ||
insurance coverage purchased without board approval under this | ||
section. | ||
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. |