{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.159","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 174.159","heading":"SUITS.","body":"(a) A district may:\n(1) sue and be sued;\n(2) institute and prosecute suits without giving security for costs; and\n(3) appeal from a judgment without giving a supersedeas or cost bond.\n(b) An action at law or in equity against the district must be brought in the county in which a principal office of the district is located, except that a suit in eminent domain involving an interest in land must be brought in the county in which the land is located.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.04, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 5. RAILROADS","SUBTITLE I. SPECIAL DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 174. COMMUTER RAIL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.174.htm#174.159","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"06c5e68707ced1a7939d5f869136d71997c5eba3304185eaff94972a47bd049a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.158","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-174.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}