Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 1297 amends provisions of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code relating to limits on indemnification of state employees and officials acting in the course of their official duties. The bill clarifies that a claim arises out of a single occurrence if it arises from a common nucleus of operative facts, regardless of the number of claimants or the number of separate acts or omissions. The bill deletes the provision that exempts a member of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice from the limits on state liability for indemnification.