Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 100.001
Affirmative Defense

It is an affirmative defense to a civil action for damages for personal injury or death brought against a person performing duties under Article 2A.002 (Special Investigators)(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, the person’s employer, or the owner of a commercial nuclear power plant where the person was working, that at the time the cause of action arose the person was justified in using force under Chapter 9 (Offenses Against Public Order and Decency), Penal Code.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1237, Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.011, eff. January 1, 2025.