87R278 SCL-D     By: Toth H.B. No. 3589       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to civil liability of a local entity or institution of   higher education official directing certain immigration law   violations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 752.0563 to read as follows:          Sec. 752.0563.  CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OFFICIALS. (a) An   individual who holds an elective or appointive office of a local   entity or institution of higher education and who directs the   entity or the institution's campus police department to violate   Section 752.053 is liable in the official's personal capacity to a   person for the person's damages that were incurred as a result of   the violation.          (b)  An official of a local entity or institution of higher   education may not assert official immunity or other forms of   immunity as a defense in an action described by Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  Section 752.0563, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after   the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.