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.