Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 101.021 — GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY

CP § 101.021Title 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY · Ch. 101. TORT CLAIMS · Art. B. TORT LIABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL UNITS

Statute text

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.

Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.