Bill Text: TX HB1450 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding tort liability arising from a volunteer's operation of a Parks and Wildlife Department vehicle.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB1450 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1450-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1450 | ||
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| relating to a study regarding tort liability arising from a | ||
| volunteer's operation of a Parks and Wildlife Department vehicle. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Parks and Wildlife Department shall | ||
| conduct a study and issue a report regarding potential tort | ||
| liability arising from the operation of a department-owned motor | ||
| vehicle by a person in the course and scope of performing volunteer | ||
| services for the department. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the department shall consult | ||
| with: | ||
| (1) the Office of the Attorney General; | ||
| (2) the State Office of Risk Management; | ||
| (3) the Texas Department of Insurance; | ||
| (4) organized volunteer groups; and | ||
| (5) other interested persons and organizations. | ||
| (c) The report required by Subsection (a) of this section | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) identify and evaluate alternatives for providing | ||
| tort liability protection for persons operating a department-owned | ||
| motor vehicle in the course and scope of performing volunteer | ||
| services for the department; | ||
| (2) evaluate the extent to which the alternatives | ||
| provide protection for members of the public, including visitors to | ||
| department sites; and | ||
| (3) make recommendations for providing the tort | ||
| liability protection described by Subdivision (1) of this | ||
| subsection, including proposed legislative changes necessary to | ||
| implement the recommendations, and specify the estimated costs of | ||
| implementing the recommendations. | ||
| (d) The department shall submit the report required by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section not later than December 1, 2012, to: | ||
| (1) the governor; | ||
| (2) the lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
| (4) the chair of the House Committee on Culture, | ||
| Recreation, and Tourism; and | ||
| (5) the chair of the Senate Committee on Natural | ||
| Resources. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1450 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1450 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
