1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the provision of insurance for mutual indemnity
1-3 obligations in certain mineral agreements.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 127.005(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) With respect to a mutual indemnity obligation, the
1-8 indemnity obligation is limited to the extent of the coverage and
1-9 dollar limits of insurance or qualified self-insurance each party
1-10 as indemnitor has agreed to obtain for the benefit of [provide in
1-11 equal amounts to] the other party as indemnitee.
1-12 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the House on April
23, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor