87R9431 BRG-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 2549
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to suits against certain governmental employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 101.106, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding
  Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), the [The] filing
  of a suit under this chapter against a governmental unit
  constitutes an irrevocable election by the plaintiff and
  immediately and forever bars any suit or recovery by the plaintiff
  against any individual employee of the governmental unit regarding
  the same subject matter.
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), if [If] a suit is
  filed under this chapter against both a governmental unit and any of
  its employees, the employees shall immediately be dismissed on the
  filing of a motion by the governmental unit.
         (g)  This section may not be construed to restrict a
  plaintiff's ability to bring a suit against an employee of a
  governmental unit for assault, battery, false imprisonment, or any
  other intentional tort, including a tort involving disciplinary
  action by school authorities.
         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 accrued before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.