Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 81.025 · Subchapter B. DUTIES AND POWERS
COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT POOL COVERAGE INSTEAD OF BONDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Instead of a bond required by law to be executed by a county officer before taking office, the commissioners court may authorize the officer to obtain coverage from a county government risk management pool created under Chapter 119.
(b) Coverage obtained under this section must:
(1) be in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of the bond that would otherwise be required by law;
(2) satisfy all other conditions applicable to the bond; and
(3) be approved, recorded, and filed in the manner required by law for the bond.
(c) An officer who obtains coverage instead of a bond under this section satisfies the bond requirements that are imposed on the individual by other law.
(d) To the extent of a conflict between this section and other law, this section controls.
(e) This section does not apply to coverage obtained under Section 43.002 or 44.002, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 439 (S.B. 1243), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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