Tex. Transp. Code § 457.108 · Subchapter C. POWERS OF AUTHORITY
TORT LIABILITY AND GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An authority is a separate governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and operations of an authority are essential governmental functions and not proprietary functions for all purposes, including the purposes of that chapter.
(b) This chapter does not create or confer any governmental immunity or limitation of liability on any entity that is not a governmental unit, governmental entity or authority, or public agency or a subdivision of one of those persons. In this subsection, "governmental unit" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.35(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.457.htm
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