77R10633 ATP-D
By Isett H.B. No. 785
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 785:
By Bosse C.S.H.B. No. 785
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the liability for performing certain services for
1-3 another governmental unit.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 791.006, Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 791.006. LIABILITY IN FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT OR
1-8 PROVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. (a) If governmental units
1-9 contract under this chapter to furnish or obtain the [fire
1-10 protection] services of a fire department, the governmental unit
1-11 that would have been responsible for furnishing the services in the
1-12 absence of the contract is responsible for any civil liability that
1-13 arises from the furnishing of those services.
1-14 (b) In the absence of a contract, if a governmental unit
1-15 furnishes to or obtains from another governmental unit law
1-16 enforcement services, the governmental unit that requests and
1-17 obtains the services is responsible for any civil liability that
1-18 arises from the furnishing of those services.
1-19 (c) Nothing in this section changes the liability limits for
1-20 a governmental unit provided by the tort claims law, Chapter 101,
1-21 Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or other state law.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.