82R2051 SLB-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1450
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Parks and Wildlife Department tort liability relating
to a volunteer's operation of a department vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.028, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) A volunteer acting under the direction of the department
is considered an employee of the department for purposes of Section
101.021(1), Civil Practice and Remedies Code. This subsection does
not entitle the volunteer to compensation or any other benefit of
state employment.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
11.028, Parks and Wildlife Code, applies to an act or omission
involving the operation of a motor-driven vehicle occurring on or
after the effective date of this Act. An act or omission involving
the operation of a motor-driven vehicle that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the
time the act or omission occurs, 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.