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Texas Education Code - Section 22.0513. Notice Of Claim

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§ 22.0513. NOTICE OF CLAIM.  (a) Not later than the 90th 
day before the date a person files a suit against a professional 
employee of a school district, the person must give written notice 
to the employee of the claim, reasonably describing the incident 
from which the claim arose.
	(b)  A professional employee of a school district against 
whom a suit is pending who does not receive written notice, as 
required by Subsection (a), may file a plea in abatement not later 
than the 30th day after the date the person files an original answer 
in the court in which the suit is pending.
	(c)  The court shall abate the suit if the court, after a 
hearing, finds that the person is entitled to an abatement because 
notice was not provided as required by this section.
	(d)  An abatement under Subsection (c) continues until the 
90th day after the date that written notice is given to the 
professional employee of a school district as provided by 
Subsection (a).

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, § 15.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1197, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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