Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 6.002 · Chapter 6. GOVERNMENTAL EXEMPTION FROM BOND AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
CITIES EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT COSTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Security for costs may not be required of an incorporated city or town of this state in an action, suit, or proceeding.
(b) A municipality may institute and prosecute suits without giving security for cost and may appeal from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 625, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.6.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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