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| 1 | 1 | 86R7662 LED-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sanford H.B. No. 4115 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an | |
| 8 | 8 | employee of the governmental unit. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) If a suit is filed asserting a claim for which this | |
| 13 | 13 | chapter waives sovereign or governmental immunity [under this | |
| 14 | 14 | chapter] against both a governmental unit and any of its employees, | |
| 15 | 15 | the claim against the employee [employees] shall immediately be | |
| 16 | 16 | dismissed on the filing of a motion by the governmental unit. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 18 | 18 | Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or | |
| 19 | 19 | after the effective date of this Act. An action that is filed | |
| 20 | 20 | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | |
| 21 | 21 | applicable to the action immediately before the effective date of | |
| 22 | 22 | this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |