Bill Amendment: TX SB6 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to liability for certain claims arising during a pandemic or disaster related to a pandemic.

Status: 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB6 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB6-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F3-Hancock.html

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Amend CSSB 6 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Section 148.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (page 6, lines 39 through 44), by striking Subsection (a) and substituting the following:

(a)  In this section, "educational institution" means an institution or program that facilitates learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, or habits. The term includes:

(1)  a public or private preschool, child-care facility, primary or secondary school, college, or university;

(2)  an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; and

(3)  a private or independent institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.