By:  Duncan, et al.                                    S.B. No. 624
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the prohibition of certain waivers by employers and
 1-3     employees under the workers' compensation system.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 406.033, Labor Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  A cause of action described in Subsection (a) may not be
 1-8     waived by an employee prior to the employee's injury or death.  Any
 1-9     agreement by an employee to waive a cause of action or any right
1-10     described in Subsection (a) prior to the employee's injury or death
1-11     is void and unenforceable.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an injury that occurs on
1-13     or after the effective date of this Act.
1-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.