Tex. Health & Safety Code § 282.048 · Subchapter C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED; DISTRICT LIABILITY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may sue and be sued on behalf of the district.
(b) A suit against the district must be brought in the county in which the district is located.
(c) The district is not liable for negligence for an act of a district officer, agent, or employee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.282.htm
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- 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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