By Duncan                                              S.B. No. 202
         77R2493 ATP-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the liability for performing certain services under
 1-3     interlocal contracts.
 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 OR POLICE PROTECTION
 1-8     CONTRACT.  If governmental units contract under this chapter to
 1-9     furnish or obtain fire or police protection services, the
1-10     governmental unit that would have been responsible for furnishing
1-11     the services in the absence of the contract is responsible for any
1-12     civil liability that arises from the furnishing of those services.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.