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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on civil suits against persons reporting |
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suspicious activity in good faith. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 128A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 128A. LIMITATION ON SUITS AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS |
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REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY |
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Sec. 128A.001. LIMITATION ON CIVIL ACTION. A civil action |
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related to a report of suspicious activity of another person to an |
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appropriate law enforcement authority may not be brought against |
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the person who made the report if the person acted: |
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(1) as a reasonable person would in the same or similar |
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circumstances; and |
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(2) with a reasonable belief that the suspicious |
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activity constituted or was in furtherance of a crime, including an |
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act of terrorism. |
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SECTION 2. Section 128A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that |
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accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |