By Luna S.B. No. 587 74R5230 CLG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the liability of private professional guardians. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subpart A, Part 3, Chapter XIII, Texas Probate 1-5 Code, is amended by adding Section 697A to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 697A. LIMITATION ON CIVIL LIABILITY OF PRIVATE 1-7 PROFESSIONAL GUARDIANS. (a) A private professional guardian who 1-8 has complied with the requirements of Section 697 of this code and 1-9 has been appointed guardian of the person of a ward is not liable 1-10 for civil damages for an act or omission connected with the 1-11 performance of the private professional guardian's duties under 1-12 this chapter. 1-13 (b) This section does not apply to an act or omission that 1-14 constitutes gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional 1-15 misconduct. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-17 applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that 1-18 date. An action that accrued before the effective date of this Act 1-19 is governed by the law in effect at the time the cause of action 1-20 accrued, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.