Bill Text: TX HB2786 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on liability in certain suits concerning damages arising from acts or omissions involving a jail or detention facility owned or operated by a county or municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2786 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2786-Introduced.html
By: Schofield | H.B. No. 2786 |
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relating to a limitation on liability in certain suits concerning | ||
damages arising from acts or omissions involving a jail or | ||
detention facility owned or operated by a county or municipality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 101.023, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Liability of a county or municipality under this chapter | ||
is limited to money damages and attorney's fees in a maximum amount | ||
of $500,000, without regard to the number of claims or claimants, in | ||
a suit concerning the actions or omissions of a keeper, operator, or | ||
employee of a jail or detention facility owned or operated by a | ||
county or municipality if the suit alleges the damages were caused | ||
by: | ||
(1) a failure to protect; | ||
(2) a failure to provide medical care; | ||
(3) a condition of confinement; or | ||
(4) a failure to train employees. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 101.023(e), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, as added by this Act, applies as applicable to a suit that is | ||
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit filed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the applicable | ||
law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for this purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |