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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 55 - Water Improvement Districts
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 55.204. Waiver of District Tort Immunity
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Sec. 55.204. WAIVER OF DISTRICT TORT IMMUNITY. If the board finds that it is in the best interest of the district and that it is necessary to enable the district to enter into a contract to employ Mexican laborers, it may enter into a written contract to waive in advance the district's immunity from liability in damages for personal injuries and sickness which is proximately caused by torts of the district or negligence of agents or employees of the district and which is suffered by Mexican laborers employed by the district under the terms of the Migrant Labor Agreement of 1951 between the United States and Mexico or any subsequent agreement of a similar nature.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 448, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
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