Texas Insurance Code 2154.003 – Self-Insurance Pool; Coverage
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 2154.003
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.