1-1     By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 486
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2001; Februry 1, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     April 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to state liability for certain conduct of juvenile board
 1-9     members.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 152, Human Resources Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 152.0013 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 152.0013.  INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.  The state shall
1-14     indemnify a juvenile board member in the same manner and under the
1-15     same conditions that it indemnifies an officer of a state agency
1-16     under Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
1-17           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-18     to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
1-19     this Act.  A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
1-20     of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the cause
1-21     of action accrued, and the former law is continued in effect for
1-22     that purpose.
1-23           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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