By Uher H.B. No. 2434 76R8531 T A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to insurance provided by or through certain development 1-3 corporations created by certain political subdivisions. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 23, Development Corporation Act of 1979 1-6 (Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-7 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-8 (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any corporation 1-9 created by a unit under this act may, with the consent of the unit, 1-10 obtain health benefits coverage, liability coverage, workers' 1-11 compensation coverage, and property coverage under the unit's 1-12 insurance policies, self-funded coverage, or coverage provided 1-13 under an Interlocal Agreement with other political subdivisions. 1-14 Health benefits coverage may be extended to the corporation's 1-15 directors and employees, and the dependents of such directors and 1-16 employees. Workers' compensation benefits may be extended to the 1-17 corporation's directors, employees, and volunteers. The liability 1-18 coverage may be extended to protect the corporation and its 1-19 directors and employees. 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, 2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.