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Section 2154.003. Self-Insurance Pool; Coverage

TX Ins Code § 2154.003 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 2154.003. SELF-INSURANCE POOL; COVERAGE. (a) The program shall administer a self-insurance pool to provide coverage for motor vehicles a volunteer fire department uses for fire fighting.

(b) The coverage may indemnify an official, employee, member, or volunteer of a volunteer fire department for liability arising from the use of a covered motor vehicle in performing the person's fire-fighting duties. The maximum limits of coverage are:

(1) for bodily injury or death:

(A) $100,000 for each person; and

(B) $300,000 for each single occurrence; and

(2) for injury to or destruction of property, $100,000 for each single occurrence.

(c) Self-insurance coverage provided under this section may be funded only from money available from the fund.

(d) The director of the service may establish:

(1) eligibility requirements for participation in coverage under this section; and

(2) equipment and safety standards for the motor vehicles to be covered under this section.

(e) Coverage limits of self-insurance provided under this section must be based on the liquidity of the fund after deducting the cost of administering this chapter.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.

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