Bill Text: TX HB796 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: 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.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB796-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 796 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| (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[ |
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| (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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 796 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 796 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
