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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 71.001 (2026)
Corporate And Political Body
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Sec. 71.001. CORPORATE AND POLITICAL BODY. A county is a corporate and political body.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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cases, 1991–2011 · leading case: Orange Cnty. v. Ware, 819 S.W.2d 472 (Tex. 1991).
Orange Cnty. v. Ware, 819 S.W.2d 472 (Tex. 1991). “Ware was elected to serve Orange County, not the State of Texas; and as "a corporate and political body," Tex.Loc.Gov't Code § 71.001, Orange County is "a public entity with separate status.”
State v. Montgomery Cnty., 338 S.W.3d 49 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2011). “001 (West 2008); Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 71.001 (West 2008).”
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