Bill Text: TX HB968 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 968 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB968 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB968-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 968




	AN ACT
	relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain
	legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 98, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
	amended by adding Section 98.0025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 98.0025. SHAREHOLDER AND MEMBER LIABILITY. (a) This
	section applies to a legal entity governed by Title 2, 3, or 7,
	Business Organizations Code.
	(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the Business
	Organizations Code, if a legal entity described by Subsection (a)
	is liable under Section 98.002, a shareholder or member of that
	entity is jointly and severally liable with the entity to the person
	trafficked for damages arising from the trafficking of that person
	if the person demonstrates that the shareholder or member caused
	the entity to be used for the purpose of trafficking that person and
	did traffic that person for the direct personal benefit of the
	shareholder or member.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
	this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
	of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
	that date, and that law is continued in effect for that 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, 2015.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the House on April
	30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 3, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 968 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor