78R8042 MI-D
By: Seaman H.B. No. 2688
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to insurance requirements for district clerks.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.302(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Each district clerk shall obtain an insurance policy or
similar coverage from a governmental pool operating under Chapter
119, Local Government Code, or from a self-insurance fund or risk
retention group created by one or more governmental units under
Chapter 1084, Acts of the 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987
(Article 715c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to cover losses from
burglary, theft, robbery, counterfeit currency, or destruction.
The amount of the policy or other coverage document must be at least
$20,000 but not more than $700,000. If the policy or other coverage
document provides coverage for other county officials, the amount
of the policy must be at least $1 million.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
51.302, Local Government Code, applies only to an insurance policy
or similar coverage renewed or initially obtained on or after
September 1, 2003.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.