By Hawley H.B. No. 2035 76R5963 DRH-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to insurance coverage for employees of certain motor 1-3 carriers. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 643.106(a), Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any law or regulation, 1-8 a motor carrier that is required to register under Subchapter B and 1-9 whose primary business is transportation for compensation or hire 1-10 between two or more municipalities shall protect its employees by 1-11 obtaining: 1-12 (1) workers' compensation insurance coverage as 1-13 defined under Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code; or 1-14 (2) accidental insurance coverage approved by the 1-15 department from: 1-16 (A) a reliable insurance company authorized to 1-17 write accidental insurance policies in this state; or 1-18 (B) a surplus lines insurer under Article 1-19 1.14-2, Insurance Code. 1-20 SECTION 2. (a) In accordance with Section 311.031(c), 1-21 Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive amendment 1-22 enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended statute, 1-23 the text of Section 643.106(a), Transportation Code, as set out in 1-24 this Act, gives effect to changes made by Section 4, Chapter 1061, 2-1 Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997. 2-2 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over 2-3 another Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, 2-4 relating to nonsubstantive additions and corrections in enacted 2-5 codes. 2-6 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-12 passage, and it is so enacted.