Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 131.005 · Chapter 131. VIOLATION OF COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION RULES
DEFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a defense to an action under this chapter that, at the time of the violation of the rule:
(1) the rule was not a current rule of the national collegiate athletic association; or
(2) the rule had been substantially changed by the national collegiate athletic association.
(b) It is a defense to an action under Section 131.003 that, at the time of the violation of the rule, the defendant was:
(1) an employee of the national collegiate athletic association whose rule was violated;
(2) an employee of the regional collegiate athletic association;
(3) an employee of a member institution of the regional collegiate athletic association; or
(4) a student at a member institution of the regional collegiate athletic association.
(c) It is a defense to an action under Section 131.004 that, at the time of the violation of the rule, the defendant was:
(1) an employee of the national collegiate athletic association whose rule was violated;
(2) an employee of the regional collegiate athletic association of which the institution is a member;
(3) an employee of the institution; or
(4) a student at the institution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1065, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.131.htm
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