SRC-BWC S.B. 486 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 486
By: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Jurisprudence
5/30/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, juvenile probation personnel employed by a political subdivision
are designated as state employees for purposes of Chapter 104, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code, while the members of a juvenile board are not.
S.B. 486 requires the state to indemnify juvenile board members in the same
manner and under the same conditions that it indemnifies an officer of a
state agency. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 152A, Human Resources Code, by adding Section
152.0013, as follows: 

Sec. 152.0013.  INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.  Requires the state to indemnify
a juvenile board member in the same manner and under the same conditions
that it indemnifies an officer of a state agency under Chapter 104 (State
Liability for Conduct of Public Servants), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 2001