Tex. Gov't Code § 2063.509 · Subchapter F. TEXAS VOLUNTEER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM
CIVIL LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A volunteer who in good faith provides professional services in response to a cybersecurity incident is not liable for civil damages as a result of the volunteer's acts or omissions in providing the services, except for wilful and wanton misconduct. This immunity is limited to services provided during the time of deployment for a cybersecurity incident.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 475), Sec. 6, eff. June 14, 2021.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter N-2, Chapter 2054 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 331 (H.B. 150), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2063.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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