Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 36.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding any other law, a person is not civilly or criminally liable for providing access to documentary material under this chapter to:
(1) an employee of the attorney general;
(2) an agency of this state, the United States, or another state;
(3) a criminal district attorney, district attorney, or county attorney of this state;
(4) the United States attorney general;
(5) a state or federal grand jury;
(6) a political subdivision of this state; or
(7) a person authorized by the attorney general to receive the information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 824, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Human Resources Code Sec. 36.008 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 4.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.36.htm
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- sha256 76cd7d0ff95761b651efd399441bdfd3e8619e91eda3191a5b952a854cc846fa
- 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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