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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 179.056

LIMITED LIABILITY

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (H.B. 1069), Sec. 4, eff

(a) A municipality or county that employs or supervises first responders is not liable in a civil action arising from the discharge of a handgun by a first responder who is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code.

(b) The discharge of a handgun by a first responder who is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is outside the course and scope of the first responder's duties.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.