Tex. Insurance Code § 845.054
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 845.054, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 845.054. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
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(a) The system is:
(1) a unit of local government that is a governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and
(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) The system may enter into interlocal cooperation contracts under Chapter 791, Government Code, and is a local government for purposes of that chapter.
(1) a unit of local government that is a governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; and
(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 102, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) The system may enter into interlocal cooperation contracts under Chapter 791, Government Code, and is a local government for purposes of that chapter.
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