Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 134A.007

This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 134A.007, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.

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§ 134A.007. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.

Official statutory text

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret.

(b) This chapter does not affect:

(1) contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret;

(2) other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or

(3) criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.10(19), eff. December 4, 2025.

(d) This chapter does not affect the disclosure of public information by a governmental body under Chapter 552, Government Code.

Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site

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