Sec. 403.275. LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY LOSS. 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.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 8, Sec. 2.30.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Executive Officers
Chapter 403 - Comptroller of Public Accounts
Subchapter L. Property Accounting
Section 403.271. Property Accounting System
Section 403.2715. University Systems and Institutions of Higher Education
Section 403.272. Responsibility for Property Accounting
Section 403.273. Property Manager; Property Inventory
Section 403.274. Change of Agency Head or Property Manager
Section 403.275. Liability for Property Loss
Section 403.276. Reporting to Comptroller and Attorney General