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| 1 | 1 | 87R278 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Toth H.B. No. 3589 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to civil liability of a local entity or institution of | |
| 8 | 8 | higher education official directing certain immigration law | |
| 9 | 9 | violations. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 752.0563 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 752.0563. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OFFICIALS. (a) An | |
| 14 | 14 | individual who holds an elective or appointive office of a local | |
| 15 | 15 | entity or institution of higher education and who directs the | |
| 16 | 16 | entity or the institution's campus police department to violate | |
| 17 | 17 | Section 752.053 is liable in the official's personal capacity to a | |
| 18 | 18 | person for the person's damages that were incurred as a result of | |
| 19 | 19 | the violation. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) An official of a local entity or institution of higher | |
| 21 | 21 | education may not assert official immunity or other forms of | |
| 22 | 22 | immunity as a defense in an action described by Subsection (a). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Section 752.0563, Government Code, as added by | |
| 24 | 24 | this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after | |
| 25 | 25 | the effective date of this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |