Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE |
Title 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY |
Chapter 101. TORT CLAIMS |
Subchapter B. TORT LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS |
Sec. 101.021. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY
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A governmental unit in the state is liable for:
(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:
(A) the property damage, personal injury, or death arises from the operation or use of a motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment; and
(B) the employee would be personally liable to the claimant according to Texas law; and
(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.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.