PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDING

Sec. 103.001. PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE FINDING. The legislature finds that the disclosure by an employer of truthful information regarding a current or former employee protects employment relationships and benefits the public welfare. It is the intent of the legislature that an employer who makes a disclosure based on information obtained by the employer that any employer would reasonably believe to be true should be immune from civil liability for that disclosure. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 240, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.