Tex. Gov't Code Section 414.013
Immunity from Civil Liability

(a)

A person who submits to the council or a crime stoppers organization a tip under Section 414.0015 (Crime Stoppers Tips)(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the submission unless the submission was:

(1)

intentionally, wilfully, or wantonly negligent or false;

(2)

made with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or

(3)

made to further the commission of a criminal act.

(b)

A person who in the course and scope of the person’s duties or functions receives, forwards, or acts on a tip submitted under Section 414.0015 (Crime Stoppers Tips)(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from an act or omission in the performance of the person’s duties or functions unless the act or omission was:

(1)

intentional or wilfully or wantonly negligent;

(2)

done with conscious indifference or reckless disregard for the safety of others; or

(3)

done to further the commission of a criminal act.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 233, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (H.B. 3316), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 414.013 — Immunity from Civil Liability, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­414.­htm#414.­013 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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