Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate
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77 th <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Legislature</strong><br />
Requires SORM to perform risk management and purchase insurance coverage for certain state agencies<br />
under any line of insurance other than health or life insurance, including certain liability insurance.<br />
Requires the risk management board to develop an implementation schedule for the purchase of insurance<br />
for state agencies by the office. Requires the board to phase in, by line of insurance, the requirement that<br />
a state agency purchase coverage only through the office.<br />
Prohibits certain state agencies from purchasing property, casualty, or liability insurance coverage without<br />
the approval of the board.<br />
Expanded Definition of Job Coordinator under the Private Security Act - H.B. 1680<br />
by Representatives Bosse and Phil King<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Sponsor: Senator Whitmire<br />
Currently, the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act (Private Security Act) enables fulltime<br />
active peace officers, who are employed by a municipality or the state to work off-duty employment.<br />
Modifies the definition of "extra job coordinator" in the Private Security Act to make it applicable to full-time<br />
employees of a political subdivision of the state.<br />
Office of <strong>Texas</strong> Fire Fighters’ Pension Commissioner (Sunset) - H.B. 1747<br />
by Representative McCall, et al.<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Sponsor: Senator Zaffirini<br />
Provides for the continuation of the Office of the Fire Fighters’ Pension Commissioner (office) until<br />
September 1, 2011.<br />
Tightens the restrictions as to who is eligible for appointment as the fire fighters’ pension commissioner.<br />
Adds standard Sunset Commission language regarding commissioner conflict of interest, equal<br />
employment policy, and complaints.<br />
Billing State Agencies for the Cost of Support Services - H.B. 2071<br />
by Representative Junell<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Sponsor: Senator Haywood<br />
Currently, the statewide cost allocation program (program) is managed by the governor's office and<br />
identifies the costs of general government services provided by state agencies to other state agencies.<br />
Under the program, agencies are billed for these costs and required to recover them from either fees or<br />
federal programs. The state has no formal methodology for tracking the recovery of allocated statewide<br />
costs. H.B. 2071 sets forth a methodology by which statewide costs are allocated.<br />
Requires state agencies to reimburse the General Revenue Fund from all fund sources, not just federal<br />
funds, for the cost of statewide support services.<br />
Amends the Government Code to provide that the statewide cost allocation plan for support services must<br />
allocate to each state agency an appropriate portion of the total costs of statewide support services,<br />
<strong>Senate</strong> Research Center 264
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