Tex. Government Code § 403.275
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 403.275, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 403.275. LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY LOSS.
Official statutory text
The liability prescribed by this section may attach on a joint and several basis to more than one person in a particular instance. A person is pecuniarily liable for the loss sustained by the state if:
(1) agency property disappears, as a result of the failure of the head of an agency, property manager, or agency employee entrusted with the property to exercise reasonable care for its safekeeping;
(2) agency property deteriorates as a result of the failure of the head of an agency, property manager, or agency employee entrusted with the property to exercise reasonable care to maintain and service the property; or
(3) agency property is damaged or destroyed as a result of an intentional wrongful act or of a negligent act of any state official or employee.
(1) agency property disappears, as a result of the failure of the head of an agency, property manager, or agency employee entrusted with the property to exercise reasonable care for its safekeeping;
(2) agency property deteriorates as a result of the failure of the head of an agency, property manager, or agency employee entrusted with the property to exercise reasonable care to maintain and service the property; or
(3) agency property is damaged or destroyed as a result of an intentional wrongful act or of a negligent act of any state official or employee.
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