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Tex. Gov't Code § 2009.005

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

Known as the Governmental Dispute Resolution Act

The act spans §§ 2009.001 to 2009.055 (10 sections).

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 1, eff

(a) This chapter does not waive immunity from suit and does not affect a waiver of immunity from suit contained in other law.

(b) The state's sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is not waived by this chapter.

(c) Nothing in this chapter authorizes binding arbitration as a method of alternative dispute resolution.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.