Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 98.0025 · Chapter 98. LIABILITY FOR TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
SHAREHOLDER AND MEMBER LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to a legal entity governed by Title 2, 3, or 7, Business Organizations Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Business Organizations Code, if a legal entity described by Subsection (a) is liable under Section 98.002, a shareholder or member of that entity is jointly and severally liable with the entity to the person trafficked for damages arising from the trafficking of that person if the person demonstrates that the shareholder or member caused the entity to be used for the purpose of trafficking that person and did traffic that person for the direct personal benefit of the shareholder or member.
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History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 283 (H.B. 968), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2015.
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