Tex. Ins. Code § 151.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not be required to enter into a construction contract that requires enrollment in a consolidated insurance program unless the person is provided the information in compliance with Section 151.003 or 151.004, as applicable. If the information required under Section 151.003 is not provided to a person within the 10-day period under Section 151.003 or 151.004, as applicable, the person may elect not to enroll in the consolidated insurance program.
(b) If a person elects not to enroll in the consolidated insurance program under Subsection (a), a principal or contractor may provide the person with the information required under Section 151.003 after the 10-day period under Section 151.003 or 151.004, as applicable. The person must elect whether to enroll in the consolidated insurance program not later than the 10th day after the date that the information is provided under this subsection.
(c) If a person elects not to enroll in the consolidated insurance program under Subsection (a) or (b) and enters into a construction contract for the construction project, the person must obtain insurance coverage for the person's work on the project that substantially complies with the coverage terms and liability limits imposed for other persons who work on the construction project but who are not insured under the consolidated insurance program.
(d) The principal or contractor, as applicable, shall compensate a person with whom the principal or contractor contracts and who obtains insurance coverage under Subsection (c) for the actual cost of that insurance coverage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (S.B. 1081), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2016.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.151.htm
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 151.003INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY PRINCIPAL BEFORE ENTERING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.Printed as Section 151.003 | Section 151.003 or 151.004
- Tex. Ins. Code § 151.004INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY CONTRACTOR BEFORE ENTERING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.Printed as Section 151.003 or 151.004
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