By: West S.B. No. 1919
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2025; March 17, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 2, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 2, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation
to settle certain claims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.106(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department may settle a claim described by
Subsection (a) if:
(1) the department may be liable under Chapter 101,
Civil Practice and Remedies Code;
(2) the director determines that a settlement is in
the best interest of the department; and
(3) the department's liability under the terms of the
settlement is less than $100,000 [$10,000].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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