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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 554.007: WHERE SUIT BROUGHT.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS
  3. SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT
  4. CHAPTER 554. PROTECTION FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF LAW

(a) A public employee of a state governmental entity may sue under this chapter in a district court of the county in which the cause of action arises or in a district court of Travis County.

(b) A public employee of a local governmental entity may sue under this chapter in a district court of the county in which the cause of action arises or in a district court of any county in the same geographic area that has established with the county in which the cause of action arises a council of governments or other regional commission under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 721, Sec. 7, eff. June 15, 1995.

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