Texas Local Government Code 552.912 – Certain Damages Caused by Sewage Backup
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(a) A municipality or a river authority, other than a river authority listed in Subsection (c), may pay actual property damages caused by the backup of the municipality’s or river authority’s sanitary sewer system regardless of whether the municipality or river authority would be liable for the damages under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) This section does not waive governmental immunity from suit or liability.
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 552.912
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) This section does not apply to the Trinity River Authority, the San Jacinto River Authority, the Sabine River Authority, or the Lower Neches Valley River Authority.