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Tex. Gov't Code § 3002.106

SOVEREIGN, GOVERNMENTAL, AND OFFICIAL IMMUNITY

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 8), Sec. 2, eff

(a) Notwithstanding any other law except as provided by Subsection (b), this state has sovereign immunity, a political subdivision has governmental immunity, and an officer, employee, or agent of this state or a political subdivision has official immunity in an action, claim, counterclaim, or any type of legal or equitable action that:

(1) challenges the validity of any provision or application of this chapter, on constitutional grounds or otherwise; or

(2) seeks to prevent or enjoin this state, a political subdivision, or an officer, employee, or agent of this state or a political subdivision from:

(A) enforcing any provision or application of this chapter; or

(B) hearing, adjudicating, or docketing an action brought under Section 3002.104 or 3002.105 for a violation of this chapter.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if:

(1) immunity has been abrogated or preempted by federal law in a manner consistent with the United States Constitution; or

(2) sovereign immunity of this state and governmental immunity of a political subdivision to suit and from liability have been waived in accordance with this chapter.

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