Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 110.006 — NOTICE; RIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE

CP § 110.006Title 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY · Ch. 110. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Statute text

(a)A person may not bring an action to assert a claim under this chapter unless, 60 days before bringing the action, the person gives written notice to the government agency by certified mail, return receipt requested:

(1)that the person's free exercise of religion is substantially burdened by an exercise of the government agency's governmental authority;

(2)of the particular act or refusal to act that is burdened; and

(3)of the manner in which the exercise of governmental authority burdens the act or refusal to act.

(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a claimant may, within the 60-day period established by Subsection (a), bring an action for declaratory or injunctive relief and associated attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses, if:

(1)the exercise of governmental authority that threatens to substantially burden the person's free exercise of religion is imminent; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.