83R798 EAH-F
 
  By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 385
 
 
 
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.