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House Bill 278 |
House Author: Craddick et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
Under the Texas Tort Claims Act, a municipality is liable for damages arising from its governmental functions. House Bill 278 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to include the use of an airport for space flight activities among these governmental functions. The bill establishes that a municipality using an airport for space flight activities is not vicariously liable because of participation in a joint enterprise unless the municipality would otherwise be liable under the act. Further, the bill specifies that the statutory provision prohibiting such vicarious liability does not affect a limitation on liability or damages provided under the act, including a limitation on the amount of tort liability of the state government.