Texas Business Organizations Code
§ 8.151 — INSURANCE AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
BO § 8.151Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 8. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE · Art. D. LIABILITY INSURANCE; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Statute text
View on source(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an enterprise may purchase or procure or establish and maintain insurance or another arrangement to indemnify or hold harmless an existing or former governing person, delegate, officer, employee, or agent against any liability:
(1)asserted against and incurred by the person in that capacity; or
(2)arising out of the person's status in that capacity.
(b)The insurance or other arrangement established under Subsection (a) may insure or indemnify against the liability described by Subsection (a) without regard to whether the enterprise otherwise would have had the power to indemnify the person against that liability under this chapter.
(c)Insurance or another arrangement that involves self-insurance or an agreement to indemnify made with the enterprise or a person that is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the enterprise does not otherwise have the power to provide indemnification only if the insurance or arrangement is approved by the owners or members of the enterprise. (c-1) With respect to a limited partnership, a vote of a majority-in-interest of the limited partners constitutes approval of the owners for purposes of Subsection (c).
(d)For the benefit of persons to be indemnified by the enterprise, an enterprise may, in addition to purchasing or procuring or establishing and maintaining insurance or another arrangement:
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (S.B. 748), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.