Sec. 2301.157. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the director or a board member, hearings examiner, or division employee is not personally liable for damages resulting from an official act or omission unless the act or omission constitutes intentional or malicious malfeasance.
(b) The attorney general shall defend a person described by Subsection (a) in an action brought in connection with the act or omission by the person regardless of whether the person serves the board or division in any capacity at the time the action is brought.
(c) The state shall indemnify a person for a judgment in an action described by Subsection (a), but the state may seek contribution from the person if liability is otherwise permitted by this section.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 5, eff. June 1, 2003.

                    
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