Sec. 453.109. TORT LIABILITY AND GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY. (a) A transit department is a separate governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and operations of a transit department 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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle K - Mass Transportation
Chapter 453 - Municipal Transit Departments
Subchapter C. Powers of Transit Department
Section 453.101. Powers Applicable to Transit Department Having Tax
Section 453.102. Acquiring and Disposing of Property
Section 453.103. Transit Department System
Section 453.104. Fares and Other Charges
Section 453.105. Agreement With Utilities, Carriers
Section 453.106. Contracts; Acquisition of Property by Agreement
Section 453.107. Use and Acquisition of Property of Others