{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-414.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 414.013","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.","body":"(a) A person who submits to the council or a crime stoppers organization a tip under Section 414.0015(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the submission unless the submission was:\n(1) intentionally, wilfully, or wantonly negligent or false;\n(2) made with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or\n(3) made to further the commission of a criminal act.\n(b) A person who in the course and scope of the person's duties or functions receives, forwards, or acts on a tip submitted under Section 414.0015(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from an act or omission in the performance of the person's duties or functions unless the act or omission was:\n(1) intentional or wilfully or wantonly negligent;\n(2) done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or\n(3) done to further the commission of a criminal act.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (H.B. 3316), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS COUNCIL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.414.htm#414.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e6c58753a02778c5d23c3a8ad977ff614881923e28662508fe2bfeb572c3209e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-414.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-417.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}