Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.151 · Subchapter I. ADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS ARISING UNDER WRITTEN CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Adjudication" of a claim means the bringing of a civil suit and prosecution to final judgment in county or state court and includes the bringing of an authorized arbitration proceeding and prosecution to final resolution in accordance with any mandatory procedures established in the contract subject to this subchapter for the arbitration proceedings.
(2) "Contract subject to this subchapter" means:
(A) a written contract stating the essential terms of the agreement for providing goods or services to the local governmental entity that is properly executed on behalf of the local governmental entity; or
(B) a written contract, including a right of first refusal, regarding the sale or delivery of not less than 1,000 acre-feet of reclaimed water by a local governmental entity intended for industrial use.
(3) "Local governmental entity" means a political subdivision of this state, other than a county or a unit of state government, as that term is defined by Section 2260.001, Government Code, including a:
(A) municipality;
(B) public school district and junior college district; and
(C) special-purpose district or authority, including any levee improvement district, drainage district, irrigation district, water improvement district, water control and improvement district, water control and preservation district, freshwater supply district, navigation district, conservation and reclamation district, soil conservation district, communication district, public health district, emergency service organization, and river authority.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 604 (H.B. 2039), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (H.B. 3511), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.271.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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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.151. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.0754REGIONAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.Printed as Section 271.151(2) | Section 271.151(3)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.153LIMITATIONS ON ADJUDICATION AWARDS.Printed as Section 271.151(2)(B)
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 552.024MUNICIPAL CONTRACT FOR RECLAIMED WATER FACILITY IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.Printed as Section 271.151(2)
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