Tex. Local Government Code § 177.001
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 177.001, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 177.001. CERTAIN COVERAGE AUTHORIZED.
Official statutory text
(a) A county or other political subdivision of this state may procure contracts insuring the political subdivision's officials, employees, and retirees or any class of the political subdivision's officials, employees, and retirees under a policy of group life, group health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, or hospital, surgical, or medical expense insurance.
(b) The dependents of those officials, employees, and retirees may be insured under a group policy that provides:
(1) health insurance; or
(2) hospital, surgical, or medical expense insurance.
(b) The dependents of those officials, employees, and retirees may be insured under a group policy that provides:
(1) health insurance; or
(2) hospital, surgical, or medical expense insurance.
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