{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-101.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 101.021","heading":"GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY.","body":"A governmental unit in the state is liable for:\n(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:\n(A) the property damage, personal injury, or death arises from the operation or use of a motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment; and\n(B) the employee would be personally liable to the claimant according to Texas law; and\n(2) personal injury and death so caused by a condition or use of tangible personal or real property if the governmental unit would, were it a private person, be liable to the claimant according to Texas law.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY","CHAPTER 101. TORT CLAIMS","SUBCHAPTER B. TORT LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.101.htm#101.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"0cda04a08fa24bab646e28b18d4968e249d914bfc53b2ae4af629c02aa439c90","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-101.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-101.0211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}