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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to liability of an employee of an independent contractor |
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of a transportation entity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 452.056, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A private operator who contracts with an authority under |
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this chapter is not a public entity for purposes of any law of this |
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state except that an independent contractor of the authority or an |
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employee of the independent contractor that, on or after June 14, |
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1989, performs a function of the authority or an entity described by |
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Section 452.0561 that is created to provide transportation services |
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is liable for damages only to the extent that the authority or |
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entity would be liable if the authority or entity itself were |
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performing the function and only for a cause of action that accrues |
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on or after that date. |
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SECTION 2. Section 452.0561, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a transportation entity |
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created under: |
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(1) Subtitle C or D of Title 5, [or] Chapter 172, 173, |
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or 174, or this chapter; or |
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(2) former Title 112, Revised Statutes. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of his Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |