{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-102.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 102.004","heading":"DEFENSE COUNSEL.","body":"(a) A local government may provide legal counsel to represent a defendant for whom the local government may pay damages under this chapter. The counsel provided by the local government may be the local government's regularly employed counsel, unless there is a potential conflict of interest between the local government and the defendant, in which case the local government may employ other legal counsel to defend the suit.\n(b) Legal counsel provided under this section may settle the portion of a suit that may result in the payment of damages by the local government under this chapter.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","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#102.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"cfa095eaeb298f2881755237db5091295f42205151e79e14bd00b1e092d3b2a0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-102.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-102.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}