Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 142.008 - Salary Continuation Payments; Subrogation(a) If a municipality pays benefits to a municipal employee under a salary continuation program when the employee is injured, the municipality is subrogated to the employee's right of recovery for personal injuries caused by the tortious conduct of a third party other than another employee of the same municipality.(b) The subrogation extends only to payments made by the municipality.(c) A municipality may not deny benefits under a salary continuation program because a municipal employee has a cause of action against a third party for personal injuries.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 142.008
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.