Tex. Gov't Code § 809A.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
INDEMNIFICATION OF STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In a cause of action based on an action, inaction, decision, divestment, investment, restricted entity communication, report, or other determination made or taken in connection with this chapter, the state shall, without regard to whether the person performed services for compensation, indemnify and hold harmless for actual damages, court costs, and attorney's fees adjudged against, and defend:
(1) an employee, a member of the governing body, or any other officer of a state governmental entity;
(2) a contractor of a state governmental entity;
(3) a former employee, a former member of the governing body, or any other former officer of a state governmental entity who was an employee, member of the governing body, or other officer when the act or omission on which the damages are based occurred;
(4) a former contractor of a state governmental entity who was a contractor when the act or omission on which the damages are based occurred; and
(5) a state governmental entity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 981 (S.B. 667), Sec. 1, 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.809A.htm
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- 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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