Bill Text: TX HB3891 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of "governmental unit" for purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3891 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3891-Introduced.html

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By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3891

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of "governmental unit" for purposes of
the Texas Tort Claims Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101.001(3), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(3) "Governmental unit" means:
(A) this state and all the several agencies of
government that collectively constitute the government of this
state, including other agencies bearing different designations,
and all departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, offices,
agencies, councils, and courts;
(B) a political subdivision of this state,
including any city, county, school district, junior college
district, levee improvement district, drainage district,
irrigation district, water improvement district, water control and
improvement district, water control and preservation district,
freshwater supply district, navigation district, conservation and
reclamation district, soil conservation district, communication
district, public health district, and river authority;
(C) an emergency service organization; [and]
(D) any other institution, agency, or organ of
government the status and authority of which are derived from the
Constitution of Texas or from laws passed by the legislature under
the constitution; and
(E) a unit of a political subdivision, including
a municipally owned water utility authorized by Section 552.017,
Local Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 101.001, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of
action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.