Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.033 · Subchapter C. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES
LIABILITY OF DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district is not liable for a claim arising from the act or omission of an employee or volunteer under an oral or written contract with the district if the act or omission:
(1) is in the course and scope of the employee's or volunteer's duties for the district;
(2) takes place during the provision of emergency services;
(3) is not in violation of a statute or ordinance applicable to emergency action; and
(4) is not wilful or wantonly negligent.
(b) This section does not expand the liability of a district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.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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