Texas Government Code § 2306.561 Liability

Sec. 2306.561. LIABILITY. (a) The directors, officers, and employees of the corporation are not personally liable for bonds or other obligations issued or contracts, guaranties, or insurance executed by the corporation, or for any other action taken in accordance with the powers and duties authorized by this subchapter or in the good faith belief that that action was taken in accordance with the powers and duties authorized by this subchapter.

(b) The directors and officers of the corporation are immune from civil liability to the same extent that a volunteer who serves as an officer, director, or trustee of a charitable organization is immune from civil liability under Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(c) The civil liability of an employee of the corporation is limited to the same extent that the civil liability of an employee of a charitable organization is limited under Chapter 84, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

(d) The limitations on liability contained in this section do not limit or impair the limitations on liability otherwise available to the corporation's directors, officers, and employees.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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