Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.033: LIABILITY OF DISTRICT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 9. SAFETY
- SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER 775. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS
- SUBCHAPTER C. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES
(a) A district is not liable for a claim arising from the act or omission of an employee or volunteer under an oral or written contract with the district if the act or omission:
(1) is in the course and scope of the employee's or volunteer's duties for the district;
(2) takes place during the provision of emergency services;
(3) is not in violation of a statute or ordinance applicable to emergency action; and
(4) is not wilful or wantonly negligent.
(b) This section does not expand the liability of a district.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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