§ 65.008. GENERAL IMMUNITY.

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The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:

(1) a criminal justice official;

(2) an employee or officer of the department, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law enforcement authority or law enforcement agency;

(3) an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department; and

(4) a member of the judiciary.

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