Tex. Gov't Code § 421.062 · Subchapter C. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR ACTS OR OMISSIONS
LIABILITY UNDER INTERLOCAL CONTRACT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "interlocal contract" has the meaning assigned by Section 791.003.
(b) A state or local agency that furnishes a service related to a homeland security activity under an interlocal contract is immune from civil liability for any act or omission resulting in death, damage, or injury while acting under the interlocal contract if:
(1) the interlocal contract expressly states that the furnishing state or local agency is not responsible for any civil liability that arises from the furnishing of a service under the contract; and
(2) the state or local agency committed the act or omission while acting in good faith and in the course and scope of its functions to provide a service related to a homeland security activity.
(c) This section may not be interpreted as a waiver of any immunity that might exist in the absence of an interlocal contract or a provision in an interlocal contract as set forth in Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1312, Sec. 1, eff. June 21, 2003.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.421.htm
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