Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 321.048 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
SUITS; LEGAL SERVICES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may sue and be sued in its own name.
(b) The board may request from the county attorney the legal services it requires. In addition or in the alternative, the board may employ and compensate its own legal staff.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.321.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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