Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 5 - Governmental Liability

Section 101.051. School and Junior College Districts Partially Excluded - Sec. 101.051. SCHOOL AND JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS PARTIALLY EXCLUDED. Except...

Section 101.052. Legislative - Sec. 101.052. LEGISLATIVE. This chapter does not apply to a...

Section 101.053. Judicial - Sec. 101.053. JUDICIAL. (a) This chapter does not apply to...

Section 101.054. State Military Personnel - Sec. 101.054. STATE MILITARY PERSONNEL. This chapter does not apply...

Section 101.055. Certain Governmental Functions - Sec. 101.055. CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS. This chapter does not apply...

Section 101.056. Discretionary Powers - Sec. 101.056. DISCRETIONARY POWERS. This chapter does not apply to...

Section 101.057. Civil Disobedience and Certain Intentional Torts - Sec. 101.057. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND CERTAIN INTENTIONAL TORTS. This chapter...

Section 101.058. Landowner's Liability - Sec. 101.058. LANDOWNER'S LIABILITY. To the extent that Chapter 75...

Section 101.059. Attractive Nuisances - Sec. 101.059. ATTRACTIVE NUISANCES. This chapter does not apply to...

Section 101.060. Traffic and Road Control Devices - Sec. 101.060. TRAFFIC AND ROAD CONTROL DEVICES. (a) This chapter...

Section 101.061. Tort Committed Before January 1, 1970 - Sec. 101.061. TORT COMMITTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1970. This chapter...

Section 101.062. 9-1-1 Emergency Service - Sec. 101.062. 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICE. (a) In this section, "9-1-1...

Section 101.063. Members of Public Health District - Sec. 101.063. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT. A governmental unit...

Section 101.064. Land Acquired Under Foreclosure of Lien or by Conveyance in Satisfaction of Certain Tax Debt - Sec. 101.064. LAND ACQUIRED UNDER FORECLOSURE OF LIEN OR BY...

Section 101.065. Negligence of Off-Duty Law Enforcement Officers - Sec. 101.065. NEGLIGENCE OF OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. This chapter...

Section 101.066. Computer Date Failure - Sec. 101.066. COMPUTER DATE FAILURE. This chapter does not apply...

Section 101.067. Graffiti Removal - Sec. 101.067. GRAFFITI REMOVAL. This chapter does not apply to...

Subchapter D. Procedures

Section 101.101. Notice - Sec. 101.101. NOTICE. (a) A governmental unit is entitled to...

Section 101.102. Commencement of Suit - Sec. 101.102. COMMENCEMENT OF SUIT. (a) A suit under this...

Section 101.103. Legal Representation - Sec. 101.103. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. (a) The attorney general shall defend...

Section 101.104. Evidence of Insurance Coverage - Sec. 101.104. EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE COVERAGE. (a) Neither the existence...

Section 101.105. Settlement - Sec. 101.105. SETTLEMENT. (a) A cause of action under this...

Section 101.106. Election of Remedies - Sec. 101.106. ELECTION OF REMEDIES. (a) The filing of a...

Section 101.107. Payment and Collection of Judgment - Sec. 101.107. PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF JUDGMENT. (a) A judgment...

Section 101.108. Ad Valorem Taxes for Payment of Judgment - Sec. 101.108. AD VALOREM TAXES FOR PAYMENT OF JUDGMENT. (a)...

Section 101.109. Payment of Claims Against Certain Universities - Sec. 101.109. PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST CERTAIN UNIVERSITIES. A claim...

Chapter 102 - Tort Claims Payments by Local Governments

Section 102.001. Definitions - Sec. 102.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Employee" includes an...

Section 102.002. Payment of Certain Tort Claims - Sec. 102.002. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TORT CLAIMS. (a) A local...

Section 102.003. Maximum Payments - Sec. 102.003. MAXIMUM PAYMENTS. Payments under this chapter by a...

Section 102.004. Defense Counsel - Sec. 102.004. DEFENSE COUNSEL. (a) A local government may provide...

Section 102.005. Security for Court Costs Not Required - Sec. 102.005. SECURITY FOR COURT COSTS NOT REQUIRED. In a...

Section 102.006. Other Laws Not Affected - Sec. 102.006. OTHER LAWS NOT AFFECTED. This chapter does not...

Chapter 103 - Compensation to Persons Wrongfully Imprisoned

Subchapter A. Eligibility; Notice of Eligibility

Section 103.001. Claimants Entitled to Compensation and Health Benefits Coverage - Sec. 103.001. CLAIMANTS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AND HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE....

Section 103.002. Notice to Wrongfully Imprisoned Person - Sec. 103.002. NOTICE TO WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED PERSON. (a) In this...

Section 103.003. Limitation on Time to File - Sec. 103.003. LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE. A person seeking...

Subchapter B. Administrative Proceeding

Section 103.051. Application Procedure - Sec. 103.051. APPLICATION PROCEDURE. (a) To apply for compensation under...

Section 103.052. Lump-Sum Compensation - Sec. 103.052. LUMP-SUM COMPENSATION. (a) A person who meets the...

Section 103.053. Annuity Compensation Generally; Standard Annuity Payments - Sec. 103.053. ANNUITY COMPENSATION GENERALLY; STANDARD ANNUITY PAYMENTS. (a) A...

Section 103.0535. Alternative Annuity Compensation - Sec. 103.0535. ALTERNATIVE ANNUITY COMPENSATION. (a) A person entitled to...

Section 103.0536. Designated Beneficiary - Sec. 103.0536. DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY. (a) A claimant who selects a...

Section 103.054. Payment of Certain Tuition and Fees - Sec. 103.054. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TUITION AND FEES. If requested...

Subchapter C. Fees

Section 103.101. Fees Limited; Prerequisites to Fee Agreement - Sec. 103.101. FEES LIMITED; PREREQUISITES TO FEE AGREEMENT. (a) A...

Section 103.102. Submission of Fee Report - Sec. 103.102. SUBMISSION OF FEE REPORT. (a) Together with an...

Subchapter D. Payments and Limitations

Section 103.151. Administrative Payment of Compensation - Sec. 103.151. ADMINISTRATIVE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION. (a) The comptroller shall...

Section 103.152. Payment of Compensation - Sec. 103.152. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION. (a) Not later than November...

Section 103.153. Employees Not Liable After Payment of Compensation - Sec. 103.153. EMPLOYEES NOT LIABLE AFTER PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION. (a)...

Section 103.154. Termination of Payments - Sec. 103.154. TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS. (a) Except as provided by...

Chapter 104 - State Liability for Conduct of Public Servants

Section 104.001. State Liability; Persons Covered - Sec. 104.001. STATE LIABILITY; PERSONS COVERED. In a cause of...

Section 104.002. State Liability; Conduct Covered - Sec. 104.002. STATE LIABILITY; CONDUCT COVERED. (a) Except as provided...

Section 104.003. Limits on Amount of Recoverable Damages - Sec. 104.003. LIMITS ON AMOUNT OF RECOVERABLE DAMAGES. (a) Except...

Section 104.0035. State Liability; Criminal Prosecution - Sec. 104.0035. STATE LIABILITY; CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (a) The state shall...

Section 104.004. Defense by Attorney General - Sec. 104.004. DEFENSE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The attorney general...

Section 104.005. Service of Process or Timely Notice to Attorney General Required - Sec. 104.005. SERVICE OF PROCESS OR TIMELY NOTICE TO ATTORNEY...

Section 104.006. Security or Bond - Sec. 104.006. SECURITY OR BOND. In a cause of action...

Section 104.007. Funds for Defense - Sec. 104.007. FUNDS FOR DEFENSE. (a) Only funds appropriated from...

Section 104.008. No Waiver of Defenses - Sec. 104.008. NO WAIVER OF DEFENSES. This chapter does not...

Section 104.009. Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance - Sec. 104.009. DIRECTORS' AND OFFICERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE. (a) A state...

Chapter 105 - Frivolous Claim or Regulatory Action by State Agency

Section 105.001. Definitions - Sec. 105.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Fees and other...

Section 105.002. Recovery of Fees, Expenses, and Attorney's Fees for Frivolous Claim - Sec. 105.002. RECOVERY OF FEES, EXPENSES, AND ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR...

Section 105.003. Motion of Frivolous Claim - Sec. 105.003. MOTION OF FRIVOLOUS CLAIM. (a) To recover under...

Section 105.004. Payment of Costs - Sec. 105.004. PAYMENT OF COSTS. The agency shall pay the...

Section 105.005. Recovery of Attorney's Fees and Costs in Frivolous Regulatory Action - Sec. 105.005. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS IN FRIVOLOUS...

Chapter 106 - Discrimination Because of Race, Religion, Color, Sex, or National Origin

Section 106.001. Prohibited Acts - Sec. 106.001. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) An officer or employee of...

Section 106.002. Remedies - Sec. 106.002. REMEDIES. (a) If a person has violated or...

Section 106.003. Penalties - Sec. 106.003. PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if...

Section 106.004. Inapplicability to Certain Claims - Sec. 106.004. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CLAIMS. This chapter does not...

Chapter 107 - Permission to Sue the State

Section 107.001. Grants of Permission Covered - Sec. 107.001. GRANTS OF PERMISSION COVERED. This chapter applies to...

Section 107.002. Effect of Grant of Permission - Sec. 107.002. EFFECT OF GRANT OF PERMISSION. (a) A resolution...

Section 107.003. Method Exclusive - Sec. 107.003. METHOD EXCLUSIVE. (a) A resolution may grant permission...

Section 107.004. Additional Conditions - Sec. 107.004. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. A resolution may specifically provide additional...

Section 107.005. Effect on Other Laws - Sec. 107.005. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. This chapter does not...

Chapter 108 - Limitation of Liability for Public Servants

Section 108.001. Definitions - Sec. 108.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Public servant" means...

Section 108.002. Limitation of Liability - Sec. 108.002. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. (a) Except in an action...

Section 108.003. State Liability Not Affected - Sec. 108.003. STATE LIABILITY NOT AFFECTED. (a) This chapter does...

Section 108.004. Computer Date Failure - Sec. 108.004. COMPUTER DATE FAILURE. Except in an action arising...

Chapter 109 - Appropriations for Payment of Claims Against State Agencies

Section 109.001. Definition - Sec. 109.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" means any...

Section 109.002. Applicability; Appropriations and Payments for Certain Claims - Sec. 109.002. APPLICABILITY; APPROPRIATIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS. (a)...

Section 109.003. Source of Appropriation - Sec. 109.003. SOURCE OF APPROPRIATION. An appropriation subject to this...

Section 109.004. Payment of Claim by Agency - Sec. 109.004. PAYMENT OF CLAIM BY AGENCY. (a) This section...

Section 109.005. Reports - Sec. 109.005. REPORTS. (a) The comptroller shall notify an affected...

Section 109.006. Appropriation for Claim Not Limited - Sec. 109.006. APPROPRIATION FOR CLAIM NOT LIMITED. This chapter does...

Section 109.007. Exceptions - Sec. 109.007. EXCEPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to an...

Chapter 110 - Religious Freedom

Section 110.001. Definitions - Sec. 110.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Free exercise...

Section 110.002. Application - Sec. 110.002. APPLICATION. (a) This chapter applies to any ordinance,...

Section 110.003. Religious Freedom Protected - Sec. 110.003. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROTECTED. (a) Subject to Subsection (b),...

Section 110.0031. Prohibition on Orders Closing Places of Worship - Sec. 110.0031. PROHIBITION ON ORDERS CLOSING PLACES OF WORSHIP. A...

Section 110.004. Defense - Sec. 110.004. DEFENSE. A person whose free exercise of religion...

Section 110.005. Remedies - Sec. 110.005. REMEDIES. (a) Any person, other than a government...

Section 110.006. Notice; Right to Accommodate - Sec. 110.006. NOTICE; RIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE. (a) A person may...

Section 110.007. One-Year Limitations Period - Sec. 110.007. ONE-YEAR LIMITATIONS PERIOD. (a) A person must bring...

Section 110.008. Sovereign Immunity Waived - Sec. 110.008. SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY WAIVED. (a) Subject to Section 110.006,...

Section 110.009. Effect on Rights - Sec. 110.009. EFFECT ON RIGHTS. (a) This chapter does not...

Section 110.010. Application to Certain Cases - Sec. 110.010. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN CASES. Notwithstanding any other provision...

Section 110.011. Civil Rights - Sec. 110.011. CIVIL RIGHTS. (a) Except as provided in Subsection...

Section 110.012. Grant to Religious Organization Not Affected - Sec. 110.012. GRANT TO RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION NOT AFFECTED. Notwithstanding Section...

Chapter 111 - Limitation on Settlement of Claim or Action Against the State

Section 111.001. Purpose; Applicability - Sec. 111.001. PURPOSE; APPLICABILITY. (a) The purposes of this chapter...

Section 111.002. Definition - Sec. 111.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "settlement" includes a consent...

Section 111.003. Limitation on Settlement Without Legislative Consent or Approval - Sec. 111.003. LIMITATION ON SETTLEMENT WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE CONSENT OR APPROVAL....

Section 111.004. Form of Consent or Approval - Sec. 111.004. FORM OF CONSENT OR APPROVAL. (a) The legislature...

Section 111.005. Appropriations - Sec. 111.005. APPROPRIATIONS. (a) An appropriation of state funds to...

Section 111.006. Report by Attorney General - Sec. 111.006. REPORT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. Not later than September...

Chapter 112 - Limitation of Liability for Governmental Units

Section 112.001. Certain Actions of First Responders and Volunteer Emergency Services Personnel - Sec. 112.001. CERTAIN ACTIONS OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY...

Chapter 113 - Water Supply Contract Claim Against Local District or Authority

Section 113.001. Definitions - Sec. 113.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Adjudicating a claim"...

Section 113.002. Waiver of Immunity to Suit for Claim Regarding Water Supply Contract - Sec. 113.002. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT FOR CLAIM REGARDING...

Section 113.003. Remedies - Sec. 113.003. REMEDIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),...

Section 113.004. No Waiver of Other Defenses - Sec. 113.004. NO WAIVER OF OTHER DEFENSES. This chapter does...

Section 113.005. No Waiver of Immunity to Suit in Federal Court - Sec. 113.005. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT IN FEDERAL...

Section 113.006. No Waiver of Immunity to Suit for Tort Liability - Sec. 113.006. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT FOR TORT...

Section 113.007. No New or Additional Water Rights - Sec. 113.007. NO NEW OR ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS. This chapter...

Section 113.008. Authority of Regulatory Agencies; Compliance With Regulatory Order - Sec. 113.008. AUTHORITY OF REGULATORY AGENCIES; COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY ORDER....

Section 113.009. No Third-Party Beneficiaries - Sec. 113.009. NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES. (a) This chapter waives sovereign...

Chapter 114 - Adjudication of Claims Arising Under Written Contracts With State Agencies

Section 114.001. Definitions - Sec. 114.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Adjudication" of a...

Section 114.002. Applicability - Sec. 114.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a claim...

Section 114.003. Waiver of Immunity to Suit for Certain Claims - Sec. 114.003. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS....

Section 114.004. Limitations on Adjudication Awards - Sec. 114.004. LIMITATIONS ON ADJUDICATION AWARDS. (a) The total amount...

Section 114.005. Contractual Adjudication Procedures Enforceable - Sec. 114.005. CONTRACTUAL ADJUDICATION PROCEDURES ENFORCEABLE. Adjudication procedures, including requirements...

Section 114.006. No Waiver of Other Defenses - Sec. 114.006. NO WAIVER OF OTHER DEFENSES. This chapter does...

Section 114.007. No Waiver of Immunity to Suit in Federal Court - Sec. 114.007. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT IN FEDERAL...

Section 114.008. No Waiver of Immunity to Suit for Tort Liability - Sec. 114.008. NO WAIVER OF IMMUNITY TO SUIT FOR TORT...

Section 114.009. Employment Contracts Exempt - Sec. 114.009. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EXEMPT. This chapter does not apply...

Section 114.010. Venue - Sec. 114.010. VENUE. A suit under this chapter may be...

Section 114.011. Limitation on Remedies - Sec. 114.011. LIMITATION ON REMEDIES. Satisfaction and payment of any...

Section 114.012. Exclusive Remedy - Sec. 114.012. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. A claim to which this chapter...

Section 114.013. Report - Sec. 114.013. REPORT. Before January 1 of each even-numbered year,...

Chapter 116 - Settlement of Claim or Action Against Governmental Unit

Section 116.001. Definition - Sec. 116.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "governmental unit" has the...

Section 116.002. Certain Settlement Terms Prohibited - Sec. 116.002. CERTAIN SETTLEMENT TERMS PROHIBITED. (a) A governmental unit...

Section 116.003. Effect of Chapter - Sec. 116.003. EFFECT OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not affect...

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