Texas § GV.2260.007 - LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY RETAINED
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§ GV.2260.007. LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY RETAINED
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY RETAINED; INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2260.005 , 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. SUBCHAPTER B. NEGOTIATION OF CLAIM
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Section GV.2260.007 ("LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY RETAINED") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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