{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-344.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 344.161","heading":"AUTHORITY TO SUE AND BE SUED.","body":"The board may sue and be sued in the name of the district.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1295, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2001.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 344. FIRE CONTROL, PREVENTION, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.344.htm#344.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"2238b944c63da668a659922da0d84f8d70377b45046aebe709f325beb8bcd7ac","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-344.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-344.181"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}