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Texas Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes - Article 6550d. Liability: Public Transportation Entities

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Art. 6550d. LIABILITY:  PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ENTITIES.  A 
transportation entity created under this title for the purpose of 
providing public transportation as defined by Section 452.001, 
Transportation Code, is a governmental unit as that term is defined 
by the Texas Tort Claims Act (Chapter 101, Civil Practice and 
Remedies Code), and all operations of the entity are essential 
governmental functions and not proprietary functions for all 
purposes, including the application of the Texas Tort Claims Act.  
If an independent contractor of the entity is performing a function 
of the entity or of a regional transportation authority operating 
under Chapter 452, Transportation Code, the contractor is liable 
for damages only to the extent that the entity or authority would be 
liable if the entity or authority itself were performing the 
function.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.          

Last modified: August 10, 2007