87R3422 SMT-D
 
  By: Nichols S.B. No. 376
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to registration and annual filing requirements for
  governmental units establishing a self-insurance fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2259, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2259.038 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2259.038.  REGISTRATION AND ANNUAL FILING REQUIRED.
  (a)  In this section, "department" means the Texas Department of
  Insurance.
         (b)  A governmental unit that establishes a self-insurance
  fund under this subchapter shall:
               (1)  register the fund with the department on a form
  prescribed by the commissioner of insurance; and
               (2)  annually file with the department:
                     (A)  the fund's annual financial statements;
                     (B)  the fund's articles of incorporation; and
                     (C)  any other information requested by the
  department.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner
  of insurance shall prescribe the registration form required by
  Section 2259.038, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  A governmental unit is not required to comply
  with Section 2259.038, Government Code, as added by this Act, until
  January 1, 2022.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.