Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 6.003
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 6.003, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 6.003. WATER DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM APPEAL BOND.
Official statutory text
(a) A governmental entity listed in Subsection (b) may not be required to give bond on an appeal or writ of error taken in a civil case that the entity is prosecuting or defending in its official capacity.
(b) The following are exempt from the appeal bond requirements:
(1) a water improvement district, a water control and improvement district, an irrigation district, a conservation and reclamation district, or a water control and preservation district organized under state law;
(2) a levee improvement district organized under state law;
(3) a drainage district organized under state law; and
(4) an entity created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
(b) The following are exempt from the appeal bond requirements:
(1) a water improvement district, a water control and improvement district, an irrigation district, a conservation and reclamation district, or a water control and preservation district organized under state law;
(2) a levee improvement district organized under state law;
(3) a drainage district organized under state law; and
(4) an entity created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
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