Opinion No.

Mr. Todd K. Brown Executive Director Texas Workers' Compensation Commission 4000 South IH-35 Austin, Texas 78704-7491

Re: Whether article V, section 53 of the 1993 General Appropriations Act authorizes the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission to obtain liability insurance for its employees and whether the purchase of director's and officer's liability insurance by a state agency as authorized by that provision constitutes a waiver of the state's sovereign immunity (RQ-770)

Dear Mr. Brown:

You ask whether the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (the "commission") is authorized to obtain…