{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-383.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 383.005","heading":"GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; TORT CLAIMS.","body":"A district is a governmental agency, a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the state. Section 375.004 applies to a district.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 995, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Tax Code Sec. 312.627(b) and amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 383. COUNTY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.383.htm#383.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"ccb5c7f9216ba1d8856c2ffe730628f87a035a3152bd12a7f765f2887134d170","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-383.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-383.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}