Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 361.064 · Subchapter E. MUNICIPAL CONTRACT WITH COUNTY OR PRIVATE ENTITY FOR JAIL FACILITIES
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY INAPPLICABLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A private vendor operating under a contract authorized by this subchapter is not entitled to claim sovereign immunity in a suit arising from the services performed under the contract by the private vendor. However, this section does not deprive the municipality, private vendor, or county of any benefits of any law limiting exposure to liability, setting a limit on damages, or establishing defenses to liability.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 75(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.361.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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