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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to civil liability of a local entity or institution of |
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higher education official directing certain immigration law |
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violations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 752.0563 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 752.0563. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OFFICIALS. (a) An |
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individual who holds an elective or appointive office of a local |
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entity or institution of higher education and who directs the |
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entity or the institution's campus police department to violate |
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Section 752.053 is liable in the official's personal capacity to a |
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person for the person's damages that were incurred as a result of |
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the violation. |
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(b) An official of a local entity or institution of higher |
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education may not assert official immunity or other forms of |
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immunity as a defense in an action described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 752.0563, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |