Texas § CP.6.003 - WATER DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM APPEAL BOND
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§ CP.6.003. WATER DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM APPEAL BOND
WATER DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM APPEAL BOND. (a) A governmental entity listed in Subsection (b) may not be required to give bond on an appeal or writ of error taken in a civil case that the entity is prosecuting or defending in its official capacity. (b) The following are exempt from the appeal bond requirements: (1) a water improvement district, a water control and improvement district, an irrigation district, a conservation and reclamation district, or a water control and preservation district organized under state law; (2) a levee improvement district organized under state law; (3) a drainage district organized under state law; and (4) an entity created under Section 52 , Article III, or Section 59 , Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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