Bill Text: TX HB1666 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to certain emergencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1666 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1666-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1666 | ||
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| relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising | ||
| from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to | ||
| certain emergencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 78, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES | ||
| Sec. 78.151. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES. A person is | ||
| not liable for damages resulting from the person's execution of a | ||
| training exercise intended to prepare the person to respond to a | ||
| fire or emergency to which this chapter applies to the same extent | ||
| that the person would not be liable under this chapter for damages | ||
| resulting from the person's actions in responding to a fire or | ||
| emergency. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 79, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 79.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 79.004. LIABILITY FOR TRAINING EXERCISES. Except in a | ||
| case of reckless conduct or intentional, wilful, or wanton | ||
| misconduct, a person who is immune from civil liability for an act | ||
| or omission that occurs in giving care, assistance, or advice with | ||
| respect to the management of an incident to which this chapter | ||
| applies is immune from civil liability for an act or omission that | ||
| occurs during the execution of a training exercise intended to | ||
| prepare the person to give that care, assistance, or advice. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies to an act or omission in | ||
| relation to a training exercise the execution of which begins on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act, without regard to whether the | ||
| planning or scheduling of the exercise took place before, on, or | ||
| after that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1666 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1666 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
