Tex. Codes » Labor Code · TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · SUBTITLE C. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 504. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
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Tex. Lab. Code § 504.016 (2026)

Joint Insurance Fund

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Sec. 504.016. JOINT INSURANCE FUND. (a) Two or more political subdivisions may establish a joint insurance fund as provided by this section.

(b) A political subdivision may pay into the fund its proportionate part as due and may contract for the fund, by and through its directors, to make the payments due under this chapter to employees of the political subdivision.

(c) The fund may be operated under the rules and bylaws established by the participating political subdivisions.

(d) A joint insurance fund created under this section may provide to the Texas Department of Insurance loss data in the same manner as an insurance company writing workers' compensation insurance. The State Board of Insurance shall use the loss data as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Insurance Code.

(e) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a joint insurance fund created under this section is not considered insurance for purposes of any state statute and is not subject to State Board of Insurance rules.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n v. City of Bridge City, 900 S.W.2d 411 (Tex. App. 1995).
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Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n v. City of Bridge City, 900 S.W.2d 411 (Tex. App. 1995). “Tex.Lab.Code Ann. § 504.016. The legislature may, without violating any provision of Article I or any other article made known to us, alter or repeal these statutory provisions at any time.”
Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n & Subsequent Injury Fund v. Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool, 38 S.W.3d 591 (Tex. App. 2000). “” See Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 504.016 (West 1996).”
Harris Cnty. v. Williams, 981 S.W.2d 936 (Tex. App. 1998). “See Tex. Lab.Code § 504.016(e). Harris County does not cite to any case, and our own research does not reveal any, interpreting Labor Code Section 504.”
Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool v. Lloyd K. Aldridge (Tex. App. 2015). “8 Tex. Lab. Code § 504.016.................”
Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n, the Subsequent Injury Fund, & Todd Brown in His Off. Capacity as Exec. Dir. of the Texas Workers' Comp. Comm'n v. the City of Bridge City, Texas, & the Texas Mun. League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (Tex. App. 1995). “Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 504.016 . The legislature may, without violating any provision of Article I or any other article made known to us, alter or repeal these statutory provisions at any time.”
— Tex. Lab. Code § 504.016(e) — 1 case
Harris Cnty. v. Williams, 981 S.W.2d 936 (Tex. App. 1998). “See Tex. Lab.Code § 504.016(e). Harris County does not cite to any case, and our own research does not reveal any, interpreting Labor Code Section 504.”
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