Tex. Local Government Code § 552.912: CERTAIN DAMAGES CAUSED BY SEWAGE BACKUP.

(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.

(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.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1119 (H.B. 1174), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.