By Duncan                                              H.B. No. 354
       74R2661 MWV-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to insurance for a charitable organization.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 84.007(g), Civil Practice and Remedies
    1-5  Code, is amended to read as follows:
    1-6        (g)  Sections 84.005 and 84.006 of this Act do not apply to
    1-7  any charitable organization that does not have liability insurance
    1-8  coverage in effect on any act or omission to which this chapter
    1-9  applies.  The coverage shall apply to the acts or omissions of the
   1-10  organization and its employees and volunteers and be subject to a
   1-11  combined single limit <in the amount> of at least <$500,000 for
   1-12  each person and> $1,000,000 for each <single> occurrence for death
   1-13  or bodily injury and <$100,000 for each single occurrence> for
   1-14  injury to or destruction of property.  The coverage may be provided
   1-15  under a contract of insurance or other plan of insurance authorized
   1-16  by statute.  Nothing in this chapter shall limit liability of any
   1-17  insurer or insurance plan in an action under Chapter 21, Insurance
   1-18  Code, or in an action for bad faith conduct, breach of fiduciary
   1-19  duty, or negligent failure to settle a claim.
   1-20        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-21  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-22  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-23  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-24  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.