Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 108.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 108.001Title 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY · Ch. 108. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Public servant" means a person who is:

(A)a public official elected or appointed to serve a governmental unit and acting in that capacity when the act or omission on which the damages were based occurred; or

(B)covered by Section 104.001 or Section 102.001.

(2)"Public servant" does not include an independent contractor, an agent or employee of an independent contractor, or another person who performs a contract for a unit of government.

(3)"Public servant" includes a licensed physician who provides emergency or postemergency stabilization services to patients in a hospital owned or operated by a unit of local government.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 2, Sec. 3.12, eff. Sept. 2, 1987. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 107.001 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 16.01(3), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 139, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 11.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.