Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1140	Senate Author:  Watson
Effective:  5-28-11	House Sponsor:  Hartnett

            Senate Bill 1140 amends the Water Code to authorize a water control and improvement district to pay actual property damages caused by a backup of the district's sanitary sewer system on or after September 1, 2011, regardless of whether the district would be liable for the damages under the Texas Tort Claims Act.  The bill provides that such authorization does not waive governmental immunity from suit or liability.