By Brimer H.B. No. 1305 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to safety consultations. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 411.003, Labor Code, is amended to read 1-5 as follows: 1-6 Sec. 411.003. Immunity from Certain Liability. (a) An 1-7 insurance company, the agent, servant, or employee of the insurance 1-8 company, or a safety consultant who performs a safety consultation 1-9 under Subchapter D or E has no liability for an accident, injury, 1-10 or occupational disease based on an allegation that the accident, 1-11 injury, or occupational disease was caused or could have been 1-12 prevented by a program, inspection, or other activity or service 1-13 undertaken by the insurance company for the prevention of accidents 1-14 in connection with operations of the employer. 1-15 (b) The immunity provided by Subsection (a) does not affect 1-16 the liability of an insurance carrier for compensation or as 1-17 otherwise provided in this subtitle. 1-18 SECTION 2. This legislation shall take effect September 1, 1-19 1997, and shall affect and apply to any cause of action then 1-20 pending or thereafter filed. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.