This chapter may be cited as the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 101.002
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Known as the Texas Tort Claims Act
The act spans §§ 101–101 (41 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Texas Department of Transportation v. Perches (2012)
Most recently applied in Fryday v. Michaelski (December 2017)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.