TITLE: Relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an employee of the governmental unit.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an employee of the governmental unit.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain suits filed against a governmental unit and an employee of the governmental unit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) If a suit is filed asserting a claim for which this chapter waives sovereign or governmental immunity [under this chapter] against both a governmental unit and any of its employees, the claim against the employee [employees] shall immediately be dismissed on the filing of a motion by the governmental unit. SECTION 2. Section 101.106(e), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An action that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.