{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 51.033","heading":"AUTHORITY RELATING TO LAWSUITS.","body":"The municipality may sue and be sued and may plead and be impleaded.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 51. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.51.htm#51.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"f61dd2feb112d1e56a0cad2d6614b068e14b719aadb01fe378f7d2f07f4c2a5c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-51.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}