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| 1 | 1 | By: Herrero H.B. No. 4390 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to waiving sovereign immunity in a suit concerning | |
| 7 | 7 | reemployment protections for certain members of the military. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 613, Government Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 613.024 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 613.024. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WAIVED. Sovereign | |
| 12 | 12 | immunity to suit is waived and abolished to the extent of liability | |
| 13 | 13 | created by this chapter or under the federal Uniformed Services | |
| 14 | 14 | Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. A person may sue the state | |
| 15 | 15 | or a local governmental entity for damages allowed by this chapter | |
| 16 | 16 | or under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment | |
| 17 | 17 | Rights Act. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |