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Texas Local Government Code - Section 157.043. General Liability Insurance For County Officials

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§ 157.043. GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR COUNTY 
OFFICIALS.  (a) In this section, "county officer or employee" 
includes a county or precinct peace officer, the district attorney, 
or an officer of a special purpose district located in whole or in 
part in the county.
	(b)  The commissioners court of a county may obtain insurance 
or similar coverage from a governmental pool operating under 
Chapter 119 or a self-insurance fund or risk retention group 
operating under Chapter 2259, Government Code, for a county officer 
or employee, insuring the officer or employee from liability for 
losses arising from the performance of official duties by the 
officer or duties of employment by the employee, including losses 
resulting from errors or omissions of the officer or employee or 
from crime, dishonesty, or theft.
	(c)  An insurance policy purchased under Subsection (b) may 
be a blanket insurance policy covering some or all county officers 
or employees.  The commissioners court may self-insure for part or 
all of any deductible required under a blanket insurance policy.  A 
blanket insurance policy purchased under this subsection may be 
used to satisfy any requirement for insurance required of a county 
officer by any law.
	(d)  This section is cumulative of other statutory, common 
law, or constitutional provisions.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 92, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 8.288, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.

Last modified: August 11, 2007