76R9924 DLF-F                           
         By Alvarado                                            H.B. No. 108
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 108:
         By Chisum                                          C.S.H.B. No. 108
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to motor vehicle liability insurance for vehicles operated
 1-3     by peace officers in certain counties.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 157.042, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 157.042.  MOTOR VEHICLE [AUTOMOBILE] LIABILITY INSURANCE
 1-8     FOR PEACE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES [OF MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION].
 1-9     (a)  A county with a population of more than 1,185,000 [1.4
1-10     million] shall insure its sheriff, constables, and full-time
1-11     deputies of those officers against liability to third persons
1-12     arising from the operation or maintenance of:
1-13                 (1)  county-owned or county-leased motor vehicles; and
1-14                 (2)  privately owned motor vehicles to the extent used
1-15     for the performance of county business or law enforcement duties.
1-16           (b)  A county may satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a)
1-17     by requiring that the person to be covered purchase an extended
1-18     coverage endorsement to an individually owned liability insurance
1-19     policy and by reimbursing the person for the [its] cost of the
1-20     extended coverage endorsement.  The extended coverage endorsement
1-21     must be in an amount equal to or greater than that required by
1-22     Subsection (d) and must extend coverage to include the operation of
1-23     [county] vehicles in the scope of the person's employment.  The
1-24     county may require a person insured in this manner to provide proof
 2-1     of coverage.
 2-2           (c)  A county may elect to comply with the requirements of
 2-3     this section by self-insuring in accordance with Section 601.124,
 2-4     Transportation Code.
 2-5           (d)  Liability coverage required under this section must be
 2-6     in amounts equal to or greater than the amounts required by Chapter
 2-7     601, Transportation Code.
 2-8           (e)  In this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for
 2-9     which motor vehicle insurance is written under Subchapter A,
2-10     Chapter 5, Insurance Code.
2-11           SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government Code,
2-12     is amended by adding Section 240.906 to read as follows:
2-13           Sec. 240.906.  REGULATION OF CERTAIN USE OF PRIVATELY OWNED
2-14     VEHICLES.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county may adopt rules
2-15     prohibiting or regulating the use of a privately owned motor
2-16     vehicle for the performance of county business or law enforcement
2-17     duties by a sheriff or constable or a deputy of a sheriff or
2-18     constable.
2-19           (b)  This section does not authorize a commissioners court to
2-20     adopt rules relating to the private use of a privately owned motor
2-21     vehicle.
2-22           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-23           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-25     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-26     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-27     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.