Tex. Water Code § 51.340 · Subchapter H. WASTE DISPOSAL AND CONTROL OF STORM WATER
CERTAIN DAMAGES CAUSED BY SEWAGE BACKUP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district may pay actual property damages caused by the backup of the district's sanitary sewer system regardless of whether the district would be liable for the damages under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) This section does not waive governmental immunity from suit or liability.
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History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 181 (S.B. 1140), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2011.
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