Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.134 · Subchapter G. JAIL DISTRICT
CONTRACTS; SUITS; PAYMENT OF JUDGMENT; INSURANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may enter into contracts as provided by this subchapter and shall execute those contracts in the name of the district.
(b) The district may, through its board, sue and be sued in any court of this state in the name of the district. Service of process may be made by serving the general manager. The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the creation of the district.
(c) A court of this state that renders a money judgment against the district may require the board to pay the judgment from the money of the district.
(d) The board may purchase insurance insuring the district and its employees against any liability incurred under this subchapter and may purchase insurance coverage to cover losses of district property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 74(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.351.htm
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- sha256 1d1f4ad880445167fc817c6d5b47f7cf4dceb47d75bfded58c4f4bb80afc4c47
- 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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