82R9601 SLB-F
 
  By: Thompson H.B. No. 2504
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to immunity from liability for county auditors.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 84.0075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 84.0075.  IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A county
  auditor is not personally liable for any act or omission performed
  in good faith in the course and scope of the execution of the
  auditor's official duties.
         (b)  This section does not affect suits against a county
  auditor in the auditor's official capacity.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
  this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that
  date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.