78R7687 PB-D
By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 2427
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to workers' compensation self-insurance for certain
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.022, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center may self-insure.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.023 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.023. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, an institution of higher education subject to this chapter
may self-insure.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.