1-1     By:  Duncan, et al.                                    S.B. No. 624
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2001; February 12, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     March 22, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 1; March 22, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 624                By:  Shapleigh
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the prohibition of certain waivers by employers and
1-11     employees under the workers' compensation system.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 406.033, Labor Code, is amended by adding
1-14     Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-15           (e)  A cause of action described in Subsection (a) may not be
1-16     waived by an employee prior to the employee's injury or death.  Any
1-17     agreement by an employee to waive a cause of action or any right
1-18     described in Subsection (a) prior to the employee's injury or death
1-19     is void and unenforceable.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an injury that occurs on
1-21     or after the effective date of this Act.
1-22           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-25     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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