TITLE: Relating to liability of a governmental unit for personal injury and death caused by the governmental unit's negligence.

SUMMARY: Relating to liability of a governmental unit for personal injury and death caused by the governmental unit's negligence.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to liability of a governmental unit for personal injury and death caused by the governmental unit's negligence. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 101.021, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 101.021. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY. A governmental unit in the state is liable for: (1) property damage, personal injury, and death proximately caused by the wrongful act or omission or the negligence of an employee acting within his scope of employment if: (A) the property damage, personal injury, or death arises from the operation or use of a motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment; and (B) the employee would be personally liable to the claimant according to Texas law; and (2) personal injury and death [so] caused by the negligence of [a condition or use of tangible personal or real property if] the governmental unit if the governmental unit would, were it a private person, be liable to the claimant according to Texas law. SECTION 2. The change in law made 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 in effect immediately before that date, 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.