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Tex. Water Code § 55.204

WAIVER OF DISTRICT TORT IMMUNITY

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Texas Department of Health v. Ruiz (1997)

Most recently applied in Carrillo v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (November 1997)

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 448, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff

If the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district and that it is necessary to enable the district to enter into a contract to employ Mexican laborers, it may enter into a written contract to waive in advance the district's immunity from liability in damages for personal injuries and sickness which is proximately caused by torts of the district or negligence of agents or employees of the district and which is suffered by Mexican laborers employed by the district under the terms of the Migrant Labor Agreement of 1951 between the United States and Mexico or any subsequent agreement of a similar nature.

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