Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.023 · Subchapter B. TORT LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Liability of the state government under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $250,000 for each person and $500,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), liability of a unit of local government under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $100,000 for each person and $300,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.
(c) Liability of a municipality under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $250,000 for each person and $500,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.
(d) Except as provided by Section 78.001, liability of an emergency service organization under this chapter is limited to money damages in a maximum amount of $100,000 for each person and $300,000 for each single occurrence for bodily injury or death and $100,000 for each single occurrence for injury to or destruction of property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 2, Sec. 3.03, eff. Sept. 2, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 827, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 311.0456ELIGIBILITY AND CERTIFICATION FOR LIMITED LIABILITY.Printed as Section 101.023(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 312.006LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.Printed as Section 101.023(a), Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 672.010CIVIL LIABILITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.Printed as Section 101.023(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code
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