Bill Text: TX HB4116 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain defenses to libel actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB4116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4116-Introduced.html
| By: Hunter | H.B. No. 4116 | |
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| relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 73.005, Civil Practices and Remedies | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 73.005. TRUTH A DEFENSE. (a) The truth of the | ||
| statement in a publication on which a libel action is based is a | ||
| defense to the action. | ||
| (b) Subject to subsection (c), it is a defense to a libel | ||
| action that the publication accurately reported the allegations of | ||
| a third party regarding a matter of public concern. | ||
| (c) Subsection (b) does not apply if: | ||
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| i) the publication was made with actual malice; and | ||
| (ii) the fact that the allegation was made is not | ||
| itself a matter of public concern. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
