Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 33.611 · Subchapter H. COASTAL EROSION
IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This state, the commissioner, and land office staff are immune from suit for damages and from liability for an act or omission related to:
(1) the approval, disapproval, funding, or performance of a coastal erosion response activity, including an erosion response study or project or a survey; or
(2) the failure of an erosion response project undertaken by the commissioner under this subchapter to fulfill its intended purpose.
(b) The immunity granted by this section does not apply to an act or omission that is intentional, wilfully or wantonly negligent, or committed with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 508, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.33.htm
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- 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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