Tex. Gov't Code Section 2260.007
Legislative Authority Retained; Interpretation of Chapter

(a)

Notwithstanding Section 2260.005 (Exclusive Procedure), the legislature retains the authority to deny or grant a waiver of immunity to suit against a unit of state government by statute, resolution, or any other means the legislature may determine appropriate.

(b)

This chapter does not and may not be interpreted to:

(1)

divest the legislature of the authority to grant permission to sue a unit of state government on the terms, conditions, and procedures that the legislature may specify in the measure granting the permission;

(2)

require that the legislature, in granting or denying permission to sue a unit of state government, comply with this chapter; or

(3)

limit in any way the effect of a legislative grant of permission to sue a unit of state government unless the grant itself provides that this chapter may have that effect.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 73, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1272, Sec. 8.03, eff. June 15, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 14.10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 9.021, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Source: Section 2260.007 — Legislative Authority Retained; Interpretation of Chapter, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­2260.­htm#2260.­007 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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