CHAPTER 97. LIABILITY OF PERSONS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT
CHAPTER 97. LIABILITY OF PERSONS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR A
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
Sec. 97.001. LIABILITY OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND OFFICERS
BARRED FOR CERTAIN ACTS OF INMATES. A correctional facility or
an officer or employee of a correctional facility is not liable
for damages arising from an act committed by a person confined in
the correctional facility that is in violation of Section 38.111,
Penal Code. This section does not apply if the officer or
employee of the correctional facility knowingly assists or
participates in the conduct prohibited by Section 38.111, Penal
Code.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1337, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 584, Sec. 3, eff.
Sept. 1, 2003.
Sec. 97.002. LIMIT ON LIABILITY OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND
STREET CONTRACTORS. A contractor who constructs or repairs a
highway, road, or street for the Texas Department of
Transportation is not liable to a claimant for personal injury,
property damage, or death arising from the performance of the
construction or repair if, at the time of the personal injury,
property damage, or death, the contractor is in compliance with
contract documents material to the condition or defect that was
the proximate cause of the personal injury, property damage, or
death.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 584, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.