By: Duncan	S.B. No. 531
	(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2013; February 20, 2013,
	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to self-insurance funds established by governmental
	units.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 2259.031, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c)  The governmental unit may purchase reinsurance for a
	risk covered through the fund.
	(d)  Any law, including a regulation, requiring insurance
	may be satisfied by coverage provided through the fund.
	(e)  Any law, including a regulation, requiring a
	certificate of insurance or an insurance agent's signature,
	countersignature, or approval may be satisfied by a certificate of
	coverage issued on behalf of the governmental unit demonstrating
	that coverage is provided through the fund.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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