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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.