Tex. Codes » Local Government Code · TITLE 8. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE OF PROPERTY · SUBTITLE C. ACQUISITION, SALE, OR LEASE PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT · CHAPTER 271. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES, AND CERTAIN OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 271.160 (2026)

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Sec. 271.160. JOINT ENTERPRISE. A contract entered into by a local government entity is not a joint enterprise for liability purposes.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 604 (H.B. 2039), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

SUBCHAPTER J. DESIGN-BUILD PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2010–2015 · leading case: Texas Dep't of Transp. v. Olivares, 316 S.W.3d 89 (Tex. App. 2010).
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Texas Dep't of Transp. v. Olivares, 316 S.W.3d 89 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Loc. Gov. Code Ann. § 271.160 (Vernon 2005).”
Fort Bend Cnty. Toll Road Auth. v. Olivares, 316 S.W.3d 114 (Tex. App. 2010). “" Tex. Loc. Gov.Code Ann. § 271.160 (Vernon 2005).”
Texas Dep't of Transporation v. Zuleima Olivares, Individually & as the Rep. of the Est. of Pedro Olivares, Jr., & Pedro Olivares, Individually (Tex. App. 2010). “See Tex. Loc. Gov. Code Ann. § 271.160 (Vernon 2005).”
Hale-Mills Constr., Ltd., Hale-Mills Constr., Inc., & HMC Contracting South Texas LLC v. Willacy Cnty. (Tex. App. 2015). “151…………………………………………………18, 19 Tex. Loc. Gov. Code § 271.152…………………………………………………….”
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