1-1 By: McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 1080 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Business 1-4 and Commerce; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to insurance requirements to limit the liability of an 1-9 owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural land for damages arising 1-10 from a certified prescribed burn on that land. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 153.082, Natural Resources Code, is 1-13 amended to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 153.082. INSURANCE. The limitation on liability under 1-15 Section 153.081 does not apply to an owner, lessee, or occupant of 1-16 agricultural land unless the certified prescribed burn manager 1-17 conducting a burn on the land has liability insurance coverage: 1-18 (1) of at least $1 million for each single occurrence 1-19 of bodily injury or death, or injury to or destruction of property; 1-20 and 1-21 (2) with a policy period minimum aggregate limit of at 1-22 least $2 million. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-24 applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that 1-25 date. An action that accrued before the effective date of this Act 1-26 is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before 1-27 the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect 1-28 for that purpose. 1-29 * * * * *