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Texas Local Government Code - Section 157.042. Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance For Peace Officers In Certain Counties

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§ 157.042. MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR PEACE 
OFFICERS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a) A county that has a population 
of more than 1.3 million and in which a municipality with a 
population of more than one million is primarily located shall 
insure its sheriff, constables, and full-time deputies of those 
officers against liability to third persons arising from the 
operation or maintenance of:
		(1)  county-owned or county-leased motor vehicles;  and                       
		(2)  privately owned motor vehicles to the extent used 
for the performance of county business or law enforcement duties.
	(b)  A county may satisfy the requirement of Subsection (a) 
by requiring that the person to be covered purchase an extended 
coverage endorsement to an individually owned liability insurance 
policy and by reimbursing the person for the cost of the extended 
coverage endorsement.  The extended coverage endorsement must be in 
an amount equal to or greater than that required by Subsection (d) 
and must extend coverage to include the operation of vehicles in the 
scope of the person's employment.  The county may require a person 
insured in this manner to provide proof of coverage.
	(c)  A county may elect to comply with the requirements of 
this section by self-insuring in accordance with Section 601.124, 
Transportation Code.
	(d)  Liability coverage required under this section must be 
in amounts equal to or greater than the amounts required by Chapter 
601, Transportation Code.
	(e)  In this section, "motor vehicle" means a vehicle for 
which motor vehicle insurance is written under Subchapter A, 
Chapter 5, Insurance Code.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended 
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 30.217, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 644, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, § 68, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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