79R5543 PB-D

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 742



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disqualification for eligibility for workers' 
compensation benefits of certain professional athletes.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 406.095(c), Labor Code, is amended to 
read as follows:   
	(c)  In this section, "professional athlete" means a person 
employed as a professional athlete by a franchise of:
		(1)  the National Football League;                                            
		(2)  the National Basketball Association;                                     
		(3)  the American League of Professional Baseball 
Clubs;                    
		(4)  the National League of Professional Baseball 
Clubs;                    
		(5)  the International Hockey League;  [or]                  
		(6)  the National Hockey League; or                                    
		(7)  the Central Hockey League.                                        
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to a claim for workers' compensation benefits based on a 
compensable injury that occurs on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  A claim based on a compensable injury that occurs before 
that date is governed by the law in effect on the date that the 
compensable injury occurred, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.