CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND CERTAIN INTENTIONAL TORTS
Known as the Texas Tort Claims Act
The act spans §§ 101–101 (41 sections).
Applied in 122 court decisions — leading case Mission Consolidated Independent School District v. Garcia (2008)
Most recently applied in Benfer v. City of Baytown (November 2024)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This chapter does not apply to a claim:
(1) based on an injury or death connected with any act or omission arising out of civil disobedience, riot, insurrection, or rebellion; or
(2) arising out of assault, battery, false imprisonment, or any other intentional tort, including a tort involving disciplinary action by school authorities.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.