Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 179.056
Limited Liability

(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 (Definitions), Chapter 411 (Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas), Government Code.

(b)

The discharge of a handgun by a first responder who is licensed to carry a handgun under Subchapter H (Definitions), Chapter 411 (Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas), Government Code, is outside the course and scope of the first responder’s duties.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (H.B. 1069), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 179.056 — Limited Liability, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­179.­htm#179.­056 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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