Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:
(1) an employee or officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Department of Public Safety, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Texas Civil Commitment Office, or a local law enforcement authority;
(2) an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department;
(3) a member of the judiciary; and
(4) a member of the risk assessment review committee established under Article 62.007.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1145 (S.B. 1610), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.62.htm
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