Tex. Gov't Code § 414.013 · Chapter 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS COUNCIL
IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who submits to the council or a crime stoppers organization a tip under Section 414.0015(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the submission unless the submission was:
(1) intentionally, wilfully, or wantonly negligent or false;
(2) made with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or
(3) made to further the commission of a criminal act.
(b) A person who in the course and scope of the person's duties or functions receives, forwards, or acts on a tip submitted under Section 414.0015(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from an act or omission in the performance of the person's duties or functions unless the act or omission was:
(1) intentional or wilfully or wantonly negligent;
(2) done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or
(3) done to further the commission of a criminal act.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (H.B. 3316), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.414.htm
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