§ 101.063.Members of Public Health District

A short provision addressing shared governance.

A governmental unit that is a member of a public health district is not liable under this chapter for any conduct of the district's personnel or for any condition or use of the district's property.

Public health districts in Texas are formed by two or more governmental units — typically a county and one or more cities — pooling resources to provide health services across their combined area.

Without this section each member could be liable for the whole district's conduct. A city joining a district would take on exposure for personnel it does not employ and property it does not control, in territory outside its own.

That would discourage participation, and shared public health provision is more effective than each jurisdiction operating alone.

The section covers both branches of the waiver — conduct of personnel, and condition or use of property — so a member is protected against the full range of claims arising from district operations.

The district itself is unaffected. A public health district is a governmental unit under the Act's definitions, which expressly name public health districts among political subdivisions. Liability rests with the district rather than with its members.

The provision parallels the joint enterprise exclusion, which similarly prevents liability spreading among participants in shared undertakings.