Sec. 33.611. IMMUNITY    


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  • (a) This state, the commissioner, and land office staff are immune from suit for damages and from liability for an act or omission related to:

    (1) the approval, disapproval, funding, or performance of a coastal erosion response activity, including an erosion response study or project or a survey; or

    (2) the failure of an erosion response project undertaken by the commissioner under this subchapter to fulfill its intended purpose.

    (b) The immunity granted by this section does not apply to an act or omission that is intentional, wilfully or wantonly negligent, or committed with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 508, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.