| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to bond requirements for county officers and employees. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Chapter 88, Local Government Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Section 88.008 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 88.008. SELF-INSURANCE INSTEAD OF BOND. (a) |
|
|
Notwithstanding any other law requiring a county officer or |
|
|
employee to execute a bond as a condition of office or employment, a |
|
|
county officer or employee is not required to execute the bond and |
|
|
may perform the duties of office or employment if: |
|
|
(1) the commissioners court by order authorizes the |
|
|
county to self-insure against losses that would have been covered |
|
|
by the bond; and |
|
|
(2) the county judge approves the order adopted under |
|
|
Subdivision (1), if the county judge was required to approve the |
|
|
bond under the other law. |
|
|
(b) An order adopted by the commissioners court under |
|
|
Subsection (a) shall be kept and recorded by the county clerk. |
|
|
SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 88, Local Government |
|
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
|
CHAPTER 88. OFFICIAL BONDS OF [CERTAIN] COUNTY OFFICERS AND |
|
|
EMPLOYEES |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |