Texas Parks and Wildlife Code
§ 11.0281 — VOLUNTEER LIABILITY AND IMMUNITY
PW § 11.0281Title 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 11. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT · Art. B. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "volunteer" means a person rendering services for or on behalf of the department without the expectation of receiving monetary compensation from the department other than reimbursement for expenses incurred by the person during the performance of the service. The term does not include:
(1)a person performing services as a result of a community service or community supervision sentence; or
(2)an inmate providing labor pursuant to Section 497.091, Government Code, or similar law.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), a volunteer while acting within the course and scope of the volunteer's assignment for the department is immune from civil liability for any act or omission of the volunteer resulting from the operation or use of a motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment owned or leased by the department.
(c)This section does not apply to an act or omission that is intentional, wilfully negligent, or done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(d)The department shall, from any funds appropriated to the department, compensate a claimant for property damage, personal injury, or death proximately caused by the wrongful act or omission or the negligence of a volunteer acting within the scope of the volunteer's assignment if:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 381), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.