Texas Local Government Code Title 5, Chapter 157 - Assistance, Benefits, And Working Conditions Of County Officers And Employees
SUBCHAPTER A MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND INSURANCE
- Texas Section 157.001 - Hospitalization Insurance
The commissioners court of a county may provide hospitalization insurance to a county official, deputy, assistant, or other county employee. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 157.002 - Medical Care, Hospitalization, And Insurance In Counties
Sec. 157.002. MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, AND INSURANCE IN COUNTIES. Text of subsection effective until January 01, 2017 (a) The commissioners court by rule may provide...
- Texas Section 157.003 - Hospital And Insurance Fund
(a) In a county that adopts rules under Section 157.002, the commissioners court may require persons participating in the health plan to contribute toward the...
- Texas Section 157.004 - Disability Compensation In Counties Of 290,000 To 500,000
(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 290,000 to 500,000 shall provide for the payment of a county employee who is...
- Texas Section 157.005 - Subrogation
(a) A county that has paid medical expenses, doctor bills, hospital bills, or salary for a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, deputy constable, or other county...
- Texas Section 157.006 - Payments For Certain Health Insurance Coverage
(a) A hospital district created under Article IX of the Texas Constitution or a county may purchase and pay the premiums for a conversion policy...
- Texas Section 157.007 - Applicability Of Subchapter
(a) A county that chooses to provide medical or related benefits may operate under this subchapter or Subchapter F. (b) A county operating under this...
SUBCHAPTER B HOURS OF WORK
- Texas Section 157.008 - Insurance Pool Or Insurance Company Not Created
If a county provides for medical care and hospitalization or provides for compensation, accident, hospital, and disability insurance to persons listed under Section 157.002(a)(1), the...
- Texas Section 157.021 - Hours Of Work Of County Employees
(a) In a county with a population of 355,000 or more, the commissioners court may adopt and enforce uniform rules on the hours of work...
SUBCHAPTER C LIABILITY INSURANCE
- Texas Section 157.022 - Hours Of Work Of Peace Officers In Counties Of More Than One Million
(a) A peace officer employed by a county with a population of more than one million may not be required to work more hours during...
- Texas Section 157.041 - General Liability Insurance
(a) 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...
- Texas Section 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...
SUBCHAPTER D CHILD CARE SERVICES
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 157.061 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Child care services" means the care, training, education, custody, treatment, and supervision of children for all or part of a day....
- Texas Section 157.062 - Authority To Establish Program
The commissioners court of a county with a population of 500,000 or more may establish a program by which the county provides child care services...
- Texas Section 157.063 - Eligible Children
Any child of a county employee or county juror, including a stepchild, foster child, or other child in the possession of the employee or juror...
- Texas Section 157.064 - Space For Program
The commissioners court may set aside space in an existing county facility or may acquire by lease or purchase additional space for the child care...
- Texas Section 157.065 - Scope Of Program
(a) The commissioners court may determine its own guidelines about the scope of the child care program. The guidelines must include provisions relating to fees...
- Texas Section 157.066 - Staff
(a) The commissioners court may employ a child care administrator to supervise the administration of the program and, with the approval of the court, to...
SUBCHAPTER E POOLING OF SICK LEAVE BY COUNTY EMPLOYEES
- Texas Section 157.067 - Fees
(a) The commissioners court may set fees to be charged for the child care services. A fee may be set at any amount not to...
- Texas Section 157.071 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Administrator" means the person designated by the commissioners court of a county to administer the county's sick leave pool program. (2)...
- Texas Section 157.072 - Authority To Establish Program For Sick Leave Pool
(a) The commissioners court of a county may establish a program within the county to allow an employee to voluntarily transfer sick leave time earned...
- Texas Section 157.073 - Administration Of Sick Leave Pool Program
(a) The commissioners court may adopt rules and prescribe procedures and forms relating to the operation of the county sick leave pool program. The commissioners...
- Texas Section 157.074 - Employee Contribution To Sick Leave Pool
(a) To contribute time to the county sick leave pool, an employee must submit an application to the administrator in the form prescribed by the...
SUBCHAPTER F GROUP HEALTH AND RELATED BENEFITS
- Texas Section 157.075 - Employee Withdrawal From Sick Leave Pool
(a) An employee is eligible to use time contributed to the county sick leave pool if: (1) because of a catastrophic injury or illness, the...
- Texas Section 157.101 - Group Health And Related Benefits
(a) A commissioners court by rule, including through an intergovernmental risk pool organized under Chapter 172, may provide for group health and related benefits, including...
- Texas Section 157.102 - Group Health And Related Benefits Fund
(a) The commissioners court of a county that adopts rules under Section 157.101 may require persons participating in the group health and related benefits plan...
- Texas Section 157.103 - Subrogation
(a) A county that has paid group health and related benefits for a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, deputy constable, or other county or precinct law...
- Texas Section 157.104 - Payments For Certain Health Coverage
A county may purchase and pay premiums for coverages as described by Section 157.006. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 157.105 - Applicability Of Subchapter
(a) A county that chooses to provide medical or related benefits may operate under this subchapter or Subchapter A. (b) A county operating under this...
SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 157.106 - Insurance Pool Or Insurance Company Not Created
If a county provides for group health and related benefits, including medical care, surgical care, hospitalization, and pharmaceutical, life, accident, disability, long-term care, vision, dental,...
- Texas Section 157.901 - Legal Defense Of Employees
(a) A county official or employee sued by any entity, other than the county with which the official or employee serves, for an action arising...
- Texas Section 157.9015 - Representation Permitted Without Conflict Of Interest
(a) It is not a conflict of interest for a district or county attorney under Section 157.901 to defend a county or a county official...
- Texas Section 157.902 - Personnel Rules Applying To Juvenile And Probation Officers, Court Reporters, And County Auditor's Office In Counties Of 500,000 Or More
(a) This section applies only to counties with a population of 500,000 or more. (b) The district judges in the county may, by a majority...
- Texas Section 157.903 - Authority To Indemnify Elected And Appointed County Officers
The commissioners court of a county by order may provide for the indemnification of an elected or appointed county officer against personal liability for the...
- Texas Section 157.9031 - Authority To Require Reimbursement For Certain Coverage
A self-insuring county or the intergovernmental pool operating under Chapter 119, under policies concerning the provision of coverages adopted by the county's commissioners court or...
- Texas Section 157.904 - Personnel Records Of Certain Sheriff's Departments
(a) This section applies only to a sheriff's department in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more. (b) In this section, "employee...
- Texas Section 157.906 - Payment For Appearances Of Peace Officers Employed By County In Court Or Administrative Proceedings
(a) A county shall pay a peace officer employed by the county for an appearance as a witness in a criminal suit, a civil suit,...
Last modified: September 28, 2016