1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to insurance requirements to limit the liability of an 1-3 owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural land for damages arising 1-4 from a certified prescribed burn on that land. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 153.082, Natural Resources Code, is 1-7 amended to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 153.082. INSURANCE. The limitation on liability under 1-9 Section 153.081 does not apply to an owner, lessee, or occupant of 1-10 agricultural land unless the certified prescribed burn manager 1-11 conducting a burn on the land has liability insurance coverage: 1-12 (1) of at least $1 million for each single occurrence 1-13 of bodily injury or death, or injury to or destruction of property; 1-14 and 1-15 (2) with a policy period minimum aggregate limit of at 1-16 least $2 million. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-18 applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that 1-19 date. An action that accrued before the effective date of this Act 1-20 is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before 1-21 the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect 1-22 for that purpose. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1080 was passed by the House on May 5, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1080 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor