Amend HB 583 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered sections and renumbering existing sections
appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.0216 to read as
follows:
      Sec. 101.0216.  LIABILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT.  (a)  A school
district is liable for damages for personal injury or death if:
            (1)  the personal injury or death is proximately caused
by the sexual misconduct of an employee with respect to a student
of the school district;
            (2)  the employee comes into contact with students of
the school district in the scope of the employee's employment; and
            (3)  because of specific facts known to the school
district, the school district knew or should have known that the
employee posed a risk to students.
      (b)  Sections 101.023, 101.024, and 101.106 do not apply to
the liability of a school district under this section.
      (c)  In this section, "sexual misconduct" includes any
conduct that would be a violation of Chapter 21, Penal Code, and
the victim of which is a child younger than 18 years of age,
without regard to whether the person is convicted of an offense
with respect to the conduct.
      SECTION ____.  Section 101.051, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 101.051.  SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS PARTIALLY
EXCLUDED.  (a) Except as to motor vehicles, this chapter does not
apply <to a school district or> to a junior college district.
      (b)  Except as to motor vehicles and as provided by Section
101.0216, this chapter does not apply to a school district.
      SECTION ____.  Section 22.051(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (b)  This section does not apply to the operation, use, or
maintenance of any motor vehicle or to any act for which a school
district may be liable under Section 101.0216, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code.
      SECTION ____.  The provisions of this Act relating to school
liability apply 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 the effective date of this Act and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.