Bill Text: TX SB1526 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1526

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - Filed [SB1526 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1526-Introduced.html

	89R9598 RAL-F

	By: West	S.B. No. 1526



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective
	Services employees for certain legal expenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 40.060, Human Resources Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 40.060. INDEMNIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL
	EXPENSES. (a) If a present or former employee of the department
	who is or was involved in activities relating to the protection of
	children or elderly persons or persons with disabilities is
	criminally prosecuted for conduct involving the person's
	misfeasance or nonfeasance in the course and scope of the person's
	employment and is found not guilty after a trial or appeal or if the
	complaint or indictment is dismissed without a plea of guilty or
	nolo contendere being entered, the department may indemnify the
	person or the person's estate for the reasonable attorney's fees
	incurred in defense of the prosecution up to a maximum of $10,000.
	(b) If a present employee of the department who is involved
	in activities relating to the protection of children or elderly
	persons or persons with disabilities seeks a protective or
	restraining order while in the course and scope of their employment
	with the department, the department may reimburse the person for
	the reasonable attorney's fees incurred in obtaining the protective
	or restraining order up to a maximum amount of $5,000.
	SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall
	adopt rules to implement Section 40.060(b), Human Resources Code,
	as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.