ZEM S.B. 135 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


CIVIL PRACTICES
S.B. 135
By: Bivins (Gray)
5-1-97
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND 

Currently, Texas law does not provide immunity from liability to juvenile
boards and the boards' employees and volunteers.  This bill will provide
limited immunity from liability to juvenile boards, county and
commissioners courts, and their employees and volunteers. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 135 provides immunity from liability for juvenile
boards, county and commissioners courts, and their employees and
volunteers in relation to certain responsibilities. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 37.011, Education Code, by adding Subsection
(j), to provide that in relation to the development and operation of a
juvenile justice alternative education program, a juvenile board and a
county and commissioners court are immune from liability to the same
extent as a school district, and the juvenile board's or a county's
professional employees and volunteers are immune from liability to the
same extent as a school district's professional employees and volunteers. 

SECTION 2. Applies prospectively; savings clause.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.