Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 5, Chapter 111 - Limitation On Settlement Of Claim Or Action Against The State
Texas Section 111.001 - Purpose; Applicability
(a) The purposes of this chapter include providing a means for the legislature to determine the extent to which this state waives its sovereign immunity...
Texas Section 111.002 - Definition
In this chapter, "settlement" includes a consent decree, an agreed judgment, or any other settlement or compromise of a claim or action. Added by Acts...
Texas Section 111.004 - Form Of Consent Or Approval
(a) The legislature may consent to or approve a settlement described by Section 111.003(a) only by a resolution adopted by both houses of the legislature....
Texas Section 111.005 - Appropriations
(a) An appropriation of state funds to pay or comply with a settlement does not constitute consent to or approval of the settlement for purposes...
Texas Section 111.006 - Report By Attorney General
Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, the attorney general shall send to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,...