{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-102.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 102.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Employee\" includes an officer, volunteer, or employee, a former officer, volunteer, or employee, and the estate of an officer, volunteer, or employee or former officer, volunteer, or employee of a local government. The term includes a member of a governing board. The term does not include a county extension agent.\n(2) \"Local government\" means a county, city, town, special purpose district, including a soil and water conservation district, and any other political subdivision of the state.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 2, Sec. 3.07, eff. Sept. 2, 1987; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1115, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 996 (S.B. 1613), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 5. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY","CHAPTER 102. TORT CLAIMS PAYMENTS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.102.htm#102.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"bb8a3ac399626bdd969c1574c0a425ca0e35e58a24cae638a9bf85c91590cc5f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-101.109","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-102.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}