Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8878.119 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
ACTION AGAINST PERSON, DISTRICT, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority may bring an action in a district court against a person, including a district or other political subdivision located in the authority's territory or included in the authority's groundwater reduction plan, to:
(1) recover any fees, rates, charges, collection expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or administrative penalties due the authority; or
(2) enforce the authority's rules or orders.
(b) Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes of an action under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (S.B. 1870), Sec. 1, 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/SD/htm/SD.8878.htm
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