Bill Text: TX HB1757 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to liability of an engineer conducting a Texas Windstorm Insurance Association inspection.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Left pending in committee [HB1757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1757-Introduced.html
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| By: Paul | H.B. No. 1757 | |
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| relating to liability of an engineer conducting a Texas Windstorm | ||
| Insurance Association inspection. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2210, Insurance Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2210.260 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2210.260. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. An engineer | ||
| licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers is not liable | ||
| for damages arising from an inspection conducted under this | ||
| subchapter for which the engineer has affixed the engineer's seal | ||
| to an inspection document. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the commissioner of insurance shall adopt forms to | ||
| implement Section 2210.260, Insurance Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date | ||
| of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
