{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 174.008","heading":"WAIVER OF IMMUNITY.","body":"This chapter is binding and enforceable against the employing public employer, and sovereign or governmental immunity from suit and liability is waived only to the extent necessary to enforce this chapter against that employer.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1200 (H.B. 1473), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE C. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 174. FIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.174.htm#174.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"29b707b20533120d2a6fbf8002b98a2308e5560ba54b3fd882f735959ef4ca78","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-174.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}