Bill Text: TX HB4115 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4115 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an employee of the governmental unit.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4115 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4115-Introduced.html

	86R7662 LED-D

	By: Sanford	H.B. No. 4115



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an
	employee of the governmental unit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e) If a suit is filed asserting a claim for which this
	chapter waives sovereign or governmental immunity [~~under this~~
	~~chapter~~] against both a governmental unit and any of its employees,
	the claim against the employee [~~employees~~] shall immediately be
	dismissed on the filing of a motion by the governmental unit.
	SECTION 2. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or
	after the effective date of this Act. An action that is filed
	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
	applicable to the action immediately before the effective date of
	this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.