83R9199 SCL-F
 
  By: Sheffield of Coryell H.B. No. 2877
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of certain claims for lost or damaged
  property by inmates to the Texas Theft Liability Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 134, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
  is amended by adding Section 134.0025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 134.0025.  APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
  to a claim made by an inmate housed in a facility operated by the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice for property lost or damaged
  by the institutional division of the department.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.