Bill Text: TX HB1689 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to liability of certain governmental entities in certain workers' compensation actions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB1689 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1689-Engrossed.html
| By: Burrows, Oliveira, Frullo | H.B. No. 1689 | |
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| relating to liability of certain governmental entities in certain | ||
| workers' compensation actions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 101.028, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.028. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE. (a) In | ||
| this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 504.001, Labor Code. | ||
| (b) A governmental unit that has workers' compensation | ||
| insurance or that accepts the workers' compensation laws of this | ||
| state is entitled to the privileges and immunities granted by the | ||
| workers' compensation laws of this state to private individuals and | ||
| corporations. | ||
| (c) A political subdivision that self-insures either | ||
| individually or collectively is | ||
| liable for sanctions, | ||
| administrative penalties, and other remedies authorized under | ||
| Chapter 415, Labor Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 504.053(e), Labor Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e) Nothing in this chapter waives sovereign immunity or | ||
| creates a new cause of action beyond the actions, damages, and | ||
| remedies authorized by Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 101.028, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an administrative | ||
| violation under Chapter 415, Labor Code, that occurs on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. An administrative violation under | ||
| Chapter 415, Labor Code, that occurs before the effective date of | ||
| this Act is governed by the law applicable to the violation | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2017. | ||
