Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 375.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; TORT CLAIMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district is a governmental agency, a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the state.
(b) A district is a unit of government for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code (Texas Tort Claims Act), and operations of a district are considered to be essential governmental functions and not proprietary functions for all purposes, including the application of the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 13.05(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.375.htm
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- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3792.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3901.002CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3944.002CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3945.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3967.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3975.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3979.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3984.0102CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT; IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 375.004, Local Government Code
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